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Cousins…identical cousins…
The crazy thing is, I understand this.
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I have a very tenuous grasp of it. I’m always confused by the “once removed” and the second cousin thing. This chart helps a LOT! Kid of my first cousin = 1st cousin once removed. Grandkid of a grandparent’s sibling = second cousin – I *think*. That’s where it gets fuzzy. What is the kid of my grandma’s sibling called to me, then? That’s not also a first cousin once removed, is it? 😕
Also, if you look at the chart long enough, ‘cousin’ ceases to look like a real word. 🙂
Sorry, I misread your question the first time. Yes, the child of your grandparent’s sibling appears to be your first cousin once removed. I guess that relationship can occur going back generations or ahead generations.
I too think it is a southern thing to understand this … but honestly, do you refer to your first cousin once removed as such … she’s just my cousin, which is also how I refer to all my other cousins … but I only refer to one of my first cousins as Cuz … as in “Hey Cuz..”
I have so many cousins–just first cousins!–that I don’t even know all of them. (Remember my mother was the youngest of twelve and my father the youngest of four.) Tracking first cousins once removed, etc., would be impossible.
However, I have what I believe is a third cousin on my father’s side, Ron, who’s the only one I call Cuz. We were friends online long before we discovered we were related.
I have a very tenuous grasp of it. I’m always confused by the “once removed” and the second cousin thing. This chart helps a LOT! Kid of my first cousin = 1st cousin once removed. Grandkid of a grandparent’s sibling = second cousin – I *think*. That’s where it gets fuzzy. What is the kid of my grandma’s sibling called to me, then? That’s not also a first cousin once removed, is it? 😕
Also, if you look at the chart long enough, ‘cousin’ ceases to look like a real word. 🙂
Sorry, I misread your question the first time. Yes, the child of your grandparent’s sibling appears to be your first cousin once removed. I guess that relationship can occur going back generations or ahead generations.
You understand it because you’re from Alabama. It makes perfect sense to me as well.
It’s generally easiest if the family tree doesn’t branch. 😉
I too think it is a southern thing to understand this … but honestly, do you refer to your first cousin once removed as such … she’s just my cousin, which is also how I refer to all my other cousins … but I only refer to one of my first cousins as Cuz … as in “Hey Cuz..”
I have so many cousins–just first cousins!–that I don’t even know all of them. (Remember my mother was the youngest of twelve and my father the youngest of four.) Tracking first cousins once removed, etc., would be impossible.
However, I have what I believe is a third cousin on my father’s side, Ron, who’s the only one I call Cuz. We were friends online long before we discovered we were related.
Like I said before – ‘Art is long, life is short’.
It’s hard to get one’s head round the mentality of the person who did this.
(And amazing to remember Tim with long hair).