I have question about cousins?

Question

i do not understand the 1st and 2nd cousin deal a lot but wouldnt my aunts daughters be my first cousins and their kids my second cousins i am not sure

Answer 1

yes, thats how it is. what i dont get is the once removed part. like "oh shes my 3rd cousin once removed" what does that mean?

Answer 2

Yep.

Answer 3

Your aunts daugher would be your 1st cousin, her kids would be your second cousin....it is very confusing you are right.  My grandma has a  2nd cousin that lives next door to her and she has kids so that is my grandmas 3rd cousins and my 4th cousins something like that lol if you do your family tree with one of those family tree makers it will actually tell you which family is 1st,2nd and so on.

Answer 4

You got it figured out correctly!