Lesson 1: Overview - Appendix

3 Determining a Relative’s Specific Relationship to a Child and the Relative’s Degree of 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 S Child’s Child’s First consanguinity chart below represent that ta Child’s rt Great Uncles Cousins, Twice relative’s degree of consanguinity to the child’s co Grandparents un & Aunts Removed parent. To understand how these numbers are tin g derived: he Locate on the chart, the child’s parent re and the specific relative who is 0 2 4 6 Child’s Child’s First providing the child care. Child’s Uncles Second Child’s Parents Cousins, Once Determine the relative’s degree of & Aunts Cousins, Once Removed consanguinity to the child’s parent, by Removed starting with the “child’s parent” and following the arrows. Count upwards to the common 1 3 5 7 Child’s Child’s ancestor shared by the parent and Child’s First Child’s Third Child Brothers/ Second other relative, and then downwards to Cousins Cousins the specific relative, (if the relative is a Sisters 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 Child’s Child’s First Child’s Third Count a degree for each relative you Second Nephews/ Cousins, Once Cousins, Once pass through to get to the specific Cousins, Once relative, meaning those between the Note that if you were 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 3 Child’s 5 Child’s First 7 Child’s 9 through the parent. Each Child’s Third The degrees they stand from each Grand Cousins, Second of the relatives would be Cousins, Twice other is the degree of consanguinity by one degree further Nephews & Twice Cousins, Twice Removed which they are related. removed from the child Nieces Removed Removed Thus, from the child’s “parent” to the child’s than from the parent. grandparent, 1 degree; child’s parent to the For example, the child’s 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