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When determining family relationships, are you supposed to use the most immediate common ancestors?

I ask because I compared myself to a relative on my mother's side who is the grand son of our immediate common ancestor, while I am the x2 great grand son, making us, according to this chart, http://genealogy.about.com/library/nrela... first cousins, twice removed.

But if I started from one generation earlier, my relative the great grand son and me the 3x great grand son, he becomes my second cousin, twice removed.

So which is correct?

6 days ago
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