What is a cousin once removed (etc.......)?

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What is a cousin once removed (etc.......)?

Answer 1

God, I'm not sure myself, but I'm got a feeling that a cousin once removed is your parent's cousin...

As for second cousins and all that and when you get third cousins twice removed, I've not got a clue!

EDIT: Just broused Google and this is an old Y!A: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?... and an answer which I thought was good (Credit to American Hero) "Your parent's sibling's child is your first cousin.

Your first cousin's children are your first cousins, once removed.

Your children and your first cousin's children are second cousins."

God, you learn stuff everyday!

Answer 2

Sorry to say i don't know myself, but i look forward to finding out as i have wondered about that one myself lately. Have a star.............Further to my answer. I found this on wikipedia

A cousin in kinship terminology is a relative with whom one shares a common ancestor, but in modern usage the term is rarely used when referring to a relative in one's own line of descent, or where there is a more specific term to describe the relationship, e.g., brother, sister, aunt, uncle. The term blood relative can be used synonymously, and underlines the existence of a genetic link.

A system of degrees and removes is used to describe the relationship between the two cousins and the ancestor they have in common. The degree (first, second, third cousin, etc.) indicates the minimum number of generations between either cousin and the nearest common ancestor; the remove (once removed, twice removed, etc.) indicates the number of generations, if any, separating the two cousins from each other.

For example, a person with whom you share a grandparent (but not a parent) is a first cousin; someone with whom you share a great-grandparent (but not a grandparent) is a second cousin; and someone with whom you share a great-great-grandparent (but not a great-grandparent) is a third cousin. The child of your first cousin is your first cousin once removed because the one generation separating you and the child represent one remove. You and the child are still considered first cousins, as your own grandparent (this child's great-grandparent), as the most recent common ancestor, represents one degree.

Non-genealogical usage often eliminates the degrees and removes, and refers to people with common ancestors merely as cousins or distant cousins.

The system can handle kinships going back any number of generations (subject to the genealogical information being available). In 2004, genealogists discovered that U.S. Presidential candidates George W. Bush and John Kerry shared a common ancestral couple in the 1500s. It was reported that the two men are sixteenth cousins, three times removed.[1] However, the two are in fact ninth cousins, twice removed.[2] Also, in 2007, it was revealed that U.S. vice president d**k Cheney and senator Barack Obama are eighth cousins.[3]

If one goes back far enough, at some point all human beings will be found to be related. It has been estimated that the most recent common ancestor of Western Europeans may have lived as recently as the year AD 1000, or approximately 30 generations ago.[4] It is beleved that all humans are at least 15th cousins of eachother.

Answer 3

I'm not positive, but I believe a divorce is involved. Or a remarriage possibly? Such as, say, your aunt gets a new husband who has kids, they'd become your 1st cousin once removed. But that's just what I've always taken it to mean. As for second and third cousins, a second is your cousin's child while a third is your cousin's child's child or parents second cousin. It's all very confusing...

Answer 4

A person with whom you share a grandparent (but not a parent) is a first cousin; someone with whom you share a great-grandparent (but not a grandparent) is a second cousin; and someone with whom you share a great-great-grandparent (but not a great-grandparent) is a third cousin. The child of your first cousin is your first cousin once removed because the one generation separating you and the child represent one remove. You and the child are still considered first cousins, as your own grandparent (this child's great-grandparent), as the most recent common ancestor, represents one degree

Answer 5

wow i just worked this out the other day...had a massive argument about it...

kk so your 1st cousin once removed is your parents cousin (because, say, your dad and him are cousins and you are one step down, to the next generation, once removed, geddit??)

your 2nd cousin is your 1st cousin once removed's child (the family tree is continuing straight down, but the cousin-cousin link is 1 generation above you, however, you and him are on the same level, the same generation)

so, your 1st cousin twice removed is your nan's cousin

3rd cousin=nan's cousin's grandkid

etc...

the 1st/2nd/3rd bit is showing how many generations away from you the cousin-cousin link is (ie 1st=your generation, 2nd=1 generation away, 3rd=2 generations away,...)

the once/twice/thrice removed is showing how many generations apart you and the other person are (ie once removed=one generation between you [as in the next one up/down], twice removed=2 generations [ie nan's/grandkid's generation],...)

hope that helps!!!