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Family Relationship Calculator

Find a relationship from the number of parent-child steps between two people and a shared ancestor.

No account needed. These entries are calculated in your browser tab and are not sent to Pinkas or saved automatically.

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How to use this tool

Count one step for a parent, two for a grandparent, and three for a great-grandparent. Use the nearest shared ancestor for the path you are describing. Multiple shared ancestors can produce more than one relationship.

A practical example

If each person is three generations below the shared ancestor, they are second cousins. If one is three steps down and the other four, they are second cousins once removed.