Gt Grandfa

Question:Would you consider the above to be related to you on a family tree?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Would you consider the above to be related to you on a family tree?

Your great grandfather's brother is your great-great uncle. (He is uncle to your grandparent, great-uncle to your parent, and great-great-uncle to you). His wife is your great-great-aunt, but only by marriage and ONLY as long as she is married to the uncle since you do not share any common ancestor with her and do not descend from her. ANY family of hers (other than the kids she had with your uncle, who would be your first cousin 2x removed), including her sister, her parents, her cousins, her whatever, are NOT family of yours or related to you in any way, shape, or form.

Personally, for my purposes I include brothers and sisters of my grandparents, and great-grandparents, but that is about it. I do not include their spouses and children. For anything past my great-grandparents, I rarely get into any extended family stuff. I am mostly interested in my direct line.

It depends entirely on yourself and how you want your tree to go

Yes and no. Many problems exist with some of our very early families (I speak of those in the colonies). Families tended to merge even more with cousin marriages. I always document as much as I'm able on my ancestors siblings. Have found, down the lines...a marriage of cousins. If I hadn't done the above research...it would take me longer to track down the person.

YES the descendants of your Gt Grandfather's Brothers wife will also be the descendants of your Gt Grandfather's Brother or am I missing something.

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Define "family tree".
For some.. this means their own ancestry. For example.. direct ancestor being gr gr grandpa, and his IMMEDIATE children/spouses. Not "coming down" for every desc of gr grandpa and each of his children.
For others.. the family tree consists of going back to gr gr grandpa/ grandma, and the exact opposite... documenting every living descendant from that couple, down to last week. Some people spend their energy, inputting every single divorce, new baby, semi-legal relationships, etc. I personally run like hell from those, because it will change before I am done typing.
For still others.. gr gr grandpa married a Smith, which IS my line, while his brother married a Jones, which isn't my line. I frequently DO keep the info about the Jones family in that area, and their background. I do that because they are "allied", they often migrated together, and you'll be amazed how often those allied families have stumbled onto family documents such as diaries, etc. that will be a treasure for MY research ("went to funeral today for old Uncle James, down the road, who died after a fight with his neighbor Mr Jenkins") . Knowing the neighbors can be a huge bonus. They sometimes turn out to be relatives.
In other words.. my database has what is of possible value to me, direct line or not. I do avoid the idea of my files being of value, just because it has 3 trillion names, and none of them have been verified. That's name collecting, not research.
You can determine if a person is/ is not related to you. But who you want to include in your research files is personal preference and your own definition.