Lesson 1: Overview - Appendix

Determining a Relative’s Specific Relationship to a Child and the Relative’s Degree of 3

Child’s
Consanguinity to That Child’s Parent or Stepparent Great-Great
Grandparents
18 NYCRR 415.1 (h) (1) (iii)...Relatives within the third degree of consanguinity of the parent(s) or step-parent(s) of the child include:
the grandparents of the child;
the great-grandparents of the child;
the great-great-grandparents of the child; 2 4 Child’s
the aunts and uncles of the child, including the spouses of the aunts and uncles; Child’s Great Great-Grand
the great-aunts and great-uncles of the child, including the spouses of the great-aunts and great-uncles; Grandparents Uncles &
the siblings of the child; and Aunts
the first cousins of the child, including the spouses of the first cousins.

The numbers attached to each relative in the 1 3 5

consanguinity chart below represent that St Child’s Child’s First
ar Child’s
relative’s degree of consanguinity to the child’s t co Great Uncles Cousins, Twice
un Grandparents
parent. To understand how these numbers are tin & Aunts Removed
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derived: he
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Locate on the chart, the child’s parent
and the specific relative who is 0 2 4 6 Child’s
providing the child care. Child’s First
Child’s Parents Child’s Uncles Second
Determine the relative’s degree of Cousins, Once
& Aunts Cousins, Once
consanguinity to the child’s parent, by Removed
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starting with the “child’s parent” and
following the arrows.
Count upwards to the common 1 3 5 7
ancestor shared by the parent and Child’s Child’s
Brothers/ Child’s First Child’s Third
other relative, and then downwards to Child Second
Sisters Cousins Cousins
the specific relative, (if the relative is a Cousins
direct descendant of the child’s parent,
such as the child’s brother, you will not
need to count upwards.) 2 4 6 Child’s 8
Count a degree for each relative you Child’s Child’s First Child’s Third
Second
pass through to get to the specific Nephews/ Cousins, Once Cousins, Once
Note that if you were
Cousins, Once
relative, meaning those between the Nieces Removed Removed
counting degrees of Removed
parent and relative. Do not count the consanguinity from the
starting point, which for determining child, you would start at
“relative care” is the child’s parent. the child and ascend
through the parent. Each
3 Child’s 5 Child’s First 7 Child’s 9
The degrees they stand from each Child’s Third
of the relatives would be Grand Cousins, Second
other is the degree of consanguinity by Cousins, Twice
one degree further Nephews & Twice Cousins, Twice
which they are related. removed from the child Removed
Nieces Removed Removed
Thus, from the child’s “parent” to the child’s than from the parent.
For example, the child’s
grandparent, 1 degree; child’s parent to the first cousin is a 3rd
child’s aunt/uncle, 2 degrees; child’s parent to degree relative to the 4 Child’s 6 Child’s First 8 Child’s 10 Child’s Third
the child’s great grandfather, 2 degrees; child’s child’s parent and a 4th Great-Grand Cousins, Second Cousins,
parent to the child’s first cousin, 3 degrees. degree relative to the
Nephews & Thrice Cousins, Thrice Thrice
child.
Nieces Removed Removed Removed