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5th-8th Cousin basically you both share a common ancestor.
I wouldn't count 5th-8th cousins out in terms of looking for ancestors cause they can help when looking for clues.
It could mean your ancestors and their ancestor were related (knowingly or unknowingly) and could lead you to an area, surnames, enslaver, or ancestor (enslaver or enslaved) -- you didn't know of.
And --- they could also be closer than your 5-8th cousin. For instance, one of my 5th-8th matches on Ancestry is really my "3rd cousin 1x removed through" a set of my maternal 2nd Great Grandparents. So, we both share the same set of 2nd Great Grandparents.
Have you looked through your ThruLines? Have you set up your tree to see if you are connected via any of your ancestors in your tree?
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5th Cousins:
Fifth cousins share at least one great-great-great-great grandparent as a common ancestor and are descended from different offspring of the ancestor(s).
Another way to think about fifth cousins is that your great-great-great grandparent and the great-great-great grandparent of your fifth cousin were siblings.
We have 64 fourth great-grandparents (i.e. great-great-great-great grandparents), and we likely have fifth cousin descended from their offspring on almost all lines of our family tree.
Another way to think about fifth cousins is that your great-great-great grandparent and the great-great-great grandparent of your fifth cousin were siblings.
We have 64 fourth great-grandparents (i.e. great-great-great-great grandparents), and we likely have fifth cousin descended from their offspring on almost all lines of our family tree.
For first cousins, you only have to go back two generations to hit your common grandparents. For second cousins, you have to go back three generations to your common great-grandparents. For fifth cousins, you'd have to go back six generations until you arrive at your common pair of great-great-great-great-grandparents.
please take them out of the BUSHES
from beginning to end
