<prompt> Human: My 22 year old daughter who made 1k last year and went to school full time also gave birth to my beautiful grand daughter. I supported my daughter financially last year and helped her with school. I do want to claim my daughter on my taxes but I do not want to claim my grand daughter nor take my daughters credit for her baby from her. My question is this. If I claim my daughter on my taxes will she be able to file her own taxes and claim her new born for her own child credit? And if so, will this affect how much I get for claiming her or would her child credit be affected by me claiming my daughter? Bottom line is I want the credit for taking care of my daughter but also want her to get her own credit for giving birth and know if the amounts will be affected differently if it is possible.Hope this makes sense. Thanks.  <response>: If your daughter is your dependent, she cannot claim dependents herself. Why dont you just give her the extra cash youll get from claiming your granddaughter as a dependent? 