Degrees of kinship[edit]

Main article: Coefficient of relationship

Family in India, 1870s

Family in a wagon, Lee County, Mississippi, August 1935.

A first-degree relative is one who shares 50% of your DNA through direct inheritance, such as a full
sibling, parent or progeny.

Degree of Coefficient of
Kinship
relationship relationship

Identical twins not applicable[citation needed] 100%[29]

Full sibling first-degree 50% (22+22)

Parent-offspring[30] first-degree 50% (21)

Half-sibling first-degree[dubious discuss] 25% (22)

Grandmother/grandfather second-degree 25% (22)

Niece/nephew second-degree 25% (223)

Aunt/uncle second-degree 25% (223)

First cousin second-degree[citation needed] 12.5% (224)

Great grandparent third-degree 12.5% (23)

First cousin once removed fifth-degree 6.25% (225)

Second cousin sixth-degree 3.125% (26+26)