What's the difference between 1st cousins once removed and 2nd cousins? This 'removed' thing confuses me.

Question

I think I remember reading that 'removed' means the line moves 'sideways' in a fam.tree and just cousins is 'down', or what? its confusing.

here's the prob, my grandmother was the sister of my cousin's grandfather , we thought we were 2nd cousins but then we're told we're 1st once removed. Which one's right?

Answer 1

The "removed" simply means a generation is skipped - in other words your first cousin's child is your first cousin once removed.

Second cousins share some of the same great grandparents, they are the grandchildren of a brother or sister of one of your grandparents.

Therefore your second cousins will be the same generation as you, your first (or second) cousins once removed will not. And your cousin's grandchildren will be your first cousins twice removed.

Answer 2

Not so confusing as it seems. If Mary and Jane are first cousins, then Mary and Jane's children are first cousins once removed or Jane and Mary's children are first cousins once removed. Mary's children and Jane's children would be second cousins.
The same pattern would apply to 2nd and 3rd cousins.

Answer 3

Cousin: the most classificatory term; the children of aunts or uncles. One can further distinguish cousins by degrees of collaterality and by generation. Two persons of the same generation who share a grandparent count as "first cousins" (one degree of collaterality); if they share a great-grandparent they count as "second cousins" (two degrees of collaterality) and so on. If two persons share an ancestor, one as a grandchild and the other as a great-grandchild of that individual, then the two descendants class as "first cousins once removed" (removed by one generation); if the shared ancestor figures as the grandparent of one individual and the great-great-grandparent of the other, the individuals class as "first cousins twice removed" (removed by two generations), and so on. Similarly, if the shared ancestor figures as the great-grandparent of one person and the great-great-grandparent of the other, the individuals class as "second cousins once removed". Hence the phrase "third cousin once removed upwards".
Distant cousins of an older generation (in other words, one's parents' first cousins), though technically first cousins once removed, often get classified with "aunts" and "uncles".

Answer 4

i have 2nd removed cousins, they are my uncles - wifes- brothers kids, i call them my cousins, but i dont really know if they are. The same applies with my cousins who have now had children i call them too my 2nd removed cousins.

Answer 5

1st cousins once removed are your parents siblings step-kids and 2nd cousins are 1st cousin kids

Answer 6

wow i never knew about 1st cousins bumped off all i knew the position that 1st cousins are your aunt/uncles little ones then 2d cousins are the youngsters of your cousins ,, yet ive never heard of 1st and 2d cousins bumped off that perplexing :S

Answer 7

well take two examples...............Jack and John..............if Jack is John's 1st cousin once removed, then it can mean that John's Father and Jack are 1st Cousins..........................or Jack's Father and John are 1st cousins...........................in the following link, there is a very useful table..........follow the instruction n it will surely help u



http://marie.bravepages.com/cousin.htm