wat is meant by the words"nephew twice removed" in d line "..Wang who was her nephew twice removed asked..."??

Question

this line comes in Pearl S. Buck's story "The Old Demon"....the complete sentence is..."How ,asked Wang, who was Mrs. Wang's nephew twice removed,wud they know the Japanese wen they saw them?"....i m nt able to figure out the sense behind the twice removed part....wat does it mean???

Answer 1

Being a cousin means that you share a grandparent, great grandparent, great great grandparent, etc. (these would be first or regular cousins, second cousins, third cousins, etc., respectively).

When cousins are of a different generation, they are removed by however many generations separate them. Cousins twice removed would be two generations apart.

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

Usually when the word "removed" is used in familial terms, it refers to generations. Twice removed would be two generations, or her nephew's grandson. We would call that a great-great-nephew.

Answer 4

There is a chart in Genealogy that explains this better than I can. But as this is used on a nephew, I can share your dismay!! Cousins, I understand,
but as to direct linage, I have never heard of this. New one to me. They might
have been referring to a great great nephew, but this would still be of first linage. (In cousins twice removed means your Great Grandparents Cousins.
This in no way refers to your direct first, second, and third cousins of direct linage.) (I research genealogy as a hobby!)

Answer 5

http://www.wikipedia.com