how do u get cousins first or twice remove?

Question

ive all ways wondered this

Answer 1

Okay gang, hang onto your genealogical seat belts, its going to be a bumpy ride. Cousins are about the most complex thing to work out. Let's give it a try. I'm only going to illustrate using the feminine gender, but you can generalize if you are male oriented.

Your mother's sister is your aunt. Your aunt's child is your first cousin. Your first cousin's child is your second cousin. Your second cousin's child is your third cousin, etc.

Now here's where it gets tricky. To your child, your first cousin is their first cousin, once removed (removed by a generation). Your second cousin is their second cousin once removed and so on. Even though from your first cousin's point of view your child is their second cousin. Now, to your child's child (your grandchild) your first cousin is their first cousin twice removed(removed by two generations), but to your first cousin your grandchild is their third cousin. It all depends on which side of the family tree you are standing on.

And while we are on genealogy, let's get over the great aunt thing. Technically, there is no such thing a great aunt. Aunts and uncles progress like parents. You have an aunt, a grand aunt (grandparent's sister), a great grand aunt (great grandparent's) sister, a great, great grand aunt, etc. but no great aunt, just as you have parents, grandparents, great grandparents, etc. but not great parents. (Well, I hope all children think their parents are great.) You get my point.

Answer 2

When the word "removed" is used to describe a relationship, it indicates that the two people are from different generations. You and your first cousins are in the same generation (two generations younger than your grandparents), so the word "removed" is not used to describe your relationship.

The words "once removed" mean that there is a difference of one generation. For example, your mother's first cousin is your first cousin, once removed. This is because your mother's first cousin is one generation younger than your grandparents and you are two generations younger than your grandparents. This one-generation difference equals "once removed."

Twice removed means that there is a two-generation difference. You are two generations younger than a first cousin of your grandmother, so you and your grandmother's first cousin are first cousins, twice removed.

Answer 3

The easiest way is to think of a ladder.

Say your mother has a brother named Jim. He has a son named Tom. Your mother and her brother are on the same rung of the ladder because they are in the same generation. You and Jim's son Tom are first cousins. You are on the same rung of the ladder, one rung down down from your parents. I hope this is clear so far, because here is where a diagram would come in handy.

Ok. Say your cousin Tom has a daughter named Amber. She is one rung down from you and she is your first cousin once removed.

To go one step further, say you have a daughter named Wendy. Wendy and Amber are second cousins.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

The children of your first cousins are your first cousins once removed, and you are the same to them. Likewise, the children of those children are your first cousins twice removed, and you are the same to them.

But your children and your first cousin's children are second cousins to each other. Continuing the pattern, your grandchildren and your first cousin's grandchildren are third cousins to each other.

Answer 5

family members get divorced once or twice...

OR...

once removed means a 2nd cousin. Like your cousins kiddo.. twice removed means 3rd cousin. Like your cousin's kid's kid..

Answer 6

divorced

like step cousins can b removed