Hi, what family relative would be my brother's wife's sister's child?
Is she my niece, or my niece once removed? or second niece? She is the offspring of the sister of the woman my brother married, so she's not a blood relative of mine, but she must be referred some sort of "relative" to me since she is my brother's niece.
How does one determine? Is there a website? My son is always asking.
Who would she be to my son? A 2nd cousin or something like that?
Also, who is my husband's cousin to my son? His great cousin? 2nd cousin or cousin once removed?
Thanks
2007-01-02 10:21:11 · 11 answers · asked by Genie♥Angel 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
shes not related to you. she is related to your brother by marriage, but not to you. they are just people.... like your son is going to understand that whole cousin once removed stuff anyhow. your husbands cousin is your husbands cousin. as far as anything else is concerned, why???? forget all of that 2nd cousin & removed stuff. what does it really matter???
2007-01-02 10:29:04 · answer #1 · answered by christy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
An in-law's family are no relation to you. The exception, of course, are the children she has with your brother, who are -- of course -- nieces and nephews. That said, close non-family are often given titles which are -- technically -- incorrect. I had some "uncles" and "aunts" growing up who were actually some form of cousin and a few who really weren't relations. I generally cover the whole thing by just saying they're "family" and haven't had anybody argue with me yet. The trick also works for problematic relations like my nephew's mom, who happens to be my brother-in-law's ex-wife.
If you want to figure out the cousins thing, it's really pretty simple. If you share grandparents, you're first cousins. If you share great-grandparents, you're second cousins and so on.
The "removed" thing is a bit trickier. You find the nearest relation of the same generation and then count the generations removed. Your husband and his cousin are -- of course -- first cousins. Your son is one generation removed from your husband, so he is his first cousin once removed. His son will be a first cousin twice removed.
It works a bit differently for aunts and uncles. There you just tack on the "greats" for each generation removal. So your husband's uncle would be your son's great uncle.
Hope that helps.
2007-01-02 10:42:46 · answer #2 · answered by jaywalk57 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She isn't related to you or your son. It doesn't matter that she is your brother's neice - if you follow that logically you will be related to everyone in the world. (although that's not a bad idea!)
However, your husband's cousin is related to your son.
Your husband is named Joe. His cousin is Martin. Your son is Tim and Martin's daughter is Sherrie. Tim and Sherrie, as you can see, also have an off spring.
Joe and Martin's mothers are sisters. Each is the other boy's aunt. (Or their fathers are brothers or one mother and one father.
Joe - Martin - first cousins
Tim - Sherrie - second cousins
Jackie - Samantha - third cousins
Martin and Tim are first cousins once removed, as are Joe and Sherrie. Sherrie and Jackie are second cousins once removed, as are Tim and Samantha. Martin and Jackie are first cousins twice removed, as are Tim and Samantha. If your husband and his cousin are not first cousins, just fill them in on the right place on the chart.
2007-01-02 10:29:51 · answer #3 · answered by jane7 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are not related to your brothers sisters daughter, he is though she is his neice
she is nothing to your son
and your husband's cousdin is your sons second cousin I don't have enough info if he is once removed or not
2007-01-02 10:54:43 · answer #4 · answered by Scooter 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
she's nothing to u, not certainly a niece. He's a second-grade uncle to your son.
2007-01-02 23:12:04 · answer #5 · answered by camadida 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is not a direct relative. I guess you could call her a niece-in-law. ;-)
Here is a chart of official relatives.
2007-01-02 10:33:35 · answer #6 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SHE IS NO RELATION TO YOU ONLY BY MARRAIGE,NIECE.
to your son she would be a cousin.
second cousin would be her child to you and your brother third cousin removed to your offsprings.LF
2007-01-02 10:27:46 · answer #7 · answered by lefang 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
She would be your brothers niece.
2007-01-02 13:41:43 · answer #8 · answered by Peek-A-Poo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well , where is the Alka Seltzer? I now have a great big headache of trying to follow that one.
2007-01-02 10:24:15 · answer #9 · answered by antiekmama 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Leave it as a niece, it will be easier.
2007-01-02 10:28:22 · answer #10 · answered by Jasper 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋