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Allan, Alvesen, Amundsdotter, Andersdatter, Andersen, AnderssøN, Andreasen, Andreassen, Andresdatter, Andreychuk, Andriashyk, Anfinnsdatter, Antici, Antonsdatter, Antonsen, Arentsdatter, ArentsøN, Arntsdatter, AsbjøRnsdtr, AsbjøRnson, Ashley-Marie, Atkinson, Augustinsen,
Bø, Baker, Bakke, Barr, Barrett, Bartley, Barton, BøE, Bell, Bertha, Biehl, BjøRnsen, Black, Blakely, Botulniski, Bouvier, Boyd, Boyko, Brandser, Brooks, Burzawa,
Campeau, Carlsen, Caruk, Chalabudenko, Chartrand, Chercoe, Cholkan, Christensdatter, Christensen, ChristensøN, Christian, Christiansdatter, Christiansen, Christoffersdatter, Christophersdatter, Christophersen, Christopherson, Coulic, Coveney, Crofton, Curtis, Cutler, Cychanowska, Czank,
Daisy, Danyschuk, Danyshchuk, Darlene, Della, Delonge, Demchyshyn, Deneschuk, Denischuk, Dennis, Device, Dingwell, Diudzok, Doris, Drahomanov, Drahomanow, Dunn, Duplawy, Duquette, Dwornik,
Elaine, Eliasdatter, Eliasen, Eliassen, Eriksen, Eriksson, Ervin, Ethier, Evanson, Evensen,
Fangeyeva, Fihel, Fisher, Frailuk, Frere, Fryz,
Gabrielsdatter, Gabrielsen, Geisler, Genik, George, Gilchrist, Godin, Godson, Golebeski, Gould, Grayson, Groinus, Gudzelak, Gunnarsdatter, Gunnarsdotter, Guze,
Haagensdatter, Haagensen, Halbert, Halbuza, Halowaty, Halvorsen, Hanna, Hansdatter, Hansen, Harasymchuk, Harris, Harvey, Haverlock, Hawryluk, Hawrylyshyn, Hendrickson, Hinde, Hlady, Hnatiuk, Hogsdatter, Holler, Homer, Horn, Horodenchuk, Huska,
Impey, Ingebrigtson, Irmen, Isaksdatter, Isaksen, Ishiwara,
Jacobsdatter, Jacobsen, Janiszewski, Jasper, Jelinski, Jensdatter, Jensen, Jergensen, Joensdotter, Joergensdatter, Johannesdatter, Johannesen, Johansdatter, Johansen, Johnsdatter, Johnsen, Johnson, Jonsdatter, Jonsdotter, Jonsdtr Foss, Jonsen, Jonson, Jonsson, JøRgensdatter, JøRgensen,
Kaban, Kachur, Karlsdatter, Kawiuk, Kindred, Kita, Kitto, Knapp, Knudsdtr, KolbjøRnsdatter, Kosach, Kottick, Kowalchuk, Kozlowski, Kraichyk, Kristensdatter, Kristiansdatter, Kristianson, Kristoffersen, Krypiakewich, Krywyniuk, Kucy, Kuffner, Kulyk, Kummen,
Lake, Langelaan, Larence, Larsdatter, Larsdotter, Larsen, Larson, LarssøN, Lauritsdatter, Leslie, Lewandoski, Liick, Linda, Lipinski, Lisbet, Love, Lucy, Lukashewych, Lukianchuk, Lundgreen, Lutz, Lyng, Lynn Cutler, Lytwyniuk,
Macisaac, Macrory, Magelssen, Mann, Manoshkin, Maria, Marie, Markevich, Martens, Martinsen, Matisho, Mattreck, May, Mccauley, Mcmahon, Mcmanus, Medwid, Melfjord, Meyer, Michael, Mikalsdatter, Mikalsen, Mikkelborg, Mizak, Mortensen, Mucha, Musland, Myron,
Nancy, Napady, Neufeld, Nicolaisdatter, Nielsdatter, Nielsen, Nikolayeva, Nilsdatter, Nilsen, Nowicki,
Obiedzinkski, Ohryniuk, Ojah, Olaug, Olaussen, Oleksiuk, Oleskiw, Olga, Olsdatter, Olsen, Olson, Otto,
Pagett, Paholik, Paladiychuk, Panas, Pankiw, Parada, Paradowsky, Parent, Paulsdatter, Pawlowiecz, Payne, Pedersdatter), Pedersdotter, Pedersen, PedersøN, Perniak, Perpeluk, Petersdatter, Petersen, Petrinchyk, Petrovych, Petrus, Pettersdatter, Pettersen, Pilipchock, Pinch, Podhordeski, Podollan, Pollitt, Pothof, Price, Prociuk, Prokopovych, Prybylsky, Prytula, Ptashnik,
Rankin, Ranveig, Rasmusdatter, Richards, Rochelle, Rodzinkski, Rose, Rozdeba, Ruda,
Salyn, Samuelsdatter, Sarrasdatter, Sarrasen, Schaff, Schultz, Scott, Senko, Sensabough, Sigstad, Sikorska, SjøLander, Somack, Sooknarine, SøRensdatter, Stadnycky, Stefaniuk, Stewart, Sulek, Symrski,
Theodosia, Thomasdatter, Thomassen, Thomessen, TorbjøRnsdatter, Torkelsdtr, Torrisen, Torrissen, Towne, Triethart, Tymochko, Tymoschuk,
Uhryn, Ukjent, Unkown, Urbanski,
Wasyliuk, Wasyluik, Wearne, Weimen, Weisenburger, Wickstrom, Wieman, Wilk, Wilson, Winkler, Winslow, Wishaw, Witkowicz, Witushynsky, Wojnarsk, Wojnarski, Wright, Wychristie,
Yanishewski, Yarema, Yaroslava, Yasinski, Yospiuk, Ytterbø,
Zahaniewych, Zahl, Zakydalsky, Zaluzniy, Zank, Zaretzky, Zygarliski,
Sometimes, especially when working on your family history, it's handy to know how to describe your family relationships more exactly. The definitions below should help you out.
Your first cousins are the people in your family who have two of the same grandparents as you. In other words, they are the children of your aunts and uncles.
Your second cousins are the people in your family who have the same great-grandparents as you., but not the same grandparents.
Your third cousins have the same great-great-grandparents, fourth cousins have the same great-great-great-grandparents, and so on.
When the word "removed" is used to describe a relationship, it indicates that the two people are from different generations. You and your first cousins are in the same generation (two generations younger than your grandparents), so the word "removed" is not used to describe your relationship.
The words "once removed" mean that there is a difference of one generation. For example, your mother's first cousin is your first cousin, once removed. This is because your mother's first cousin is one generation younger than your grandparents and you are two generations younger than your grandparents. This one-generation difference equals "once removed."
Twice removed means that there is a two-generation difference. You are two generations younger than a first cousin of your grandmother, so you and your grandmother's first cousin are first cousins, twice removed.
Now that you have an idea of what these different words mean, take a look at the chart below. It's called a relationship chart, and it can help you figure out how different people in your family are related. It's much simpler than it looks, just follow the instructions.
Instructions for Using a Relationship Chart
| Common Ancestor | Child | Grandchild | G-grandchild | G-g-grandchild |
| Child | Sister or Brother | Nephew or Niece | Grand-nephew or niece | G-grand-nephew or niece |
| Grandchild | Nephew or Niece | First cousin | First cousin, once removed | First cousin, twice removed |
| G-grandchild | Grand-nephew or niece | First cousin, once removed | Second cousin | Second cousin, once removed |
| G-g-grandchild | G-grand-nephew or niece | First cousin, twice removed | Second cousin, once removed | Third cousin |
The old Nordic tradition of patronymic/matronymic names is still in use in Iceland and by some people in the Faroe Islands. This means that surnames are not fixed and cannot be inherited from the preceding generation. To build a surname, one adds a suffix to the first name of one of the parents, usually the father. Surnames like these are called patronymic or matronymic names. Patronyms are names based on the first name of the father, matronyms are based on the first name of the mother.
New name laws introduced in Denmark in 1828, in Sweden in 1901 and in Norway in 1922 forced the citizens to have inheritable surnames, so real patronyms/matronyms were forbidden in those countries.
Gunnar Eriksson and Elsa Magnusdotter have a son (Arne) and a daughter (Astrid).
Their children's surnames would have been Arne Gunnarsson (= Arne, son of Gunnar) and Astrid Gunnarsdotter (= Astrid, daughter of Gunnar) in patronymic times.
From 1901 onwards, this tradition has been forbidden and children have had to inherit their fathers' surnames. Our example children would become Arne Eriksson and Astrid Eriksson, even though Arne is not the son of Erik and even though Astrid is not a "son" at all.
Interestingly enough, to the farthest back on his one side of the family, he actually started out as a Johnsen; Martin Johnsen 1778-1862 (Jeremy's 4th Great Grandfather)
*taken from NordicNames
