"Second Cousins," "Once Removed", and More Explained in Chart Form

This is brilliant. I never knew what these terms meant, but this chart makes it very clear.

"Second Cousins," "Once Removed", and More Explained in Chart Form

You're right, it's brilliant. I learned a lot from it! I think that's a "printer & keeper".

I read somewhere that if you get as far as "tenth cousin", you're pretty much talking the entire population of the world. At the time, I thought that sounded both kind of neat and also slightly unbelievable, but not knowing exactly what a "tenth cousin" would be, I wasn't really in a position to judge.

Now I see. And it is kind of unbelievable. But if it's true, it's also kind of neat.

We're all descended from Adam and Eve, so, yeah.

It's the second generation I worry about.