Rachel Bellerby
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Consanguinity
Taken from The Latin word consanguinitas, consanguinity describes The state of being descended from The same person. So, The degree of consanguinity describes how closely one person is related to anoTher, ie which common ancestor two people share. Family historians often use a consanguinity table (There’s one on our website: familytr.ee/2yqTufT) to work out how one person in Their family tree is related to anoTher.