2007-09-04 04:04:26 · 9 answers · asked by Morningdew 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Take you (Mist )and your cousin (John).Your cousin's son(Bill) would be your 1st cousin once removed.Bill's son(Jim) would be your first cousin twice removed.Your son (Bob) would be Bill's second cousin.
2007-09-04 05:39:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Removed' indicates that the two people being compared are a different number of generations away from their common ancestor.
The other part of the phrase, 'first cousin,' 'second cousin,' 'third cousin,' etc., describes the relationship of two people who are/were in the same generation.
There is no 'removed' used for people with the same grandparents. They are simply first cousins. Similarly, two people whose first common ancestors are the same great-grandparents are second cousins.
But, if John's grandmother is Mary, while that same Mary is great-great-grandmother to Melissa, then John and Melissa are 'first cousins twice removed.' This is because you have to go back two generations on Melissa's family tree to find the 'first cousin' of John.
Put another way, Melissa's grandparent is first cousin to John, so John and Melissa are 'first cousins twice removed.'
Here's a chart I found that explains it really well.
Hope this helps, have a great one! =)
2007-09-04 11:15:55 · answer #2 · answered by ™Tootsie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean it's the grandchild of your relative. Your first cousin is the child of your parent's sibling, your first cousin once removed is the child of your first cousin, your first cousin twice removed is the grandchild of your first cousin.
2007-09-04 11:13:19 · answer #3 · answered by RM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means they are that many generations apart
Like your first cousin once removed means it is your first cousins child.
twice removed would be the grandchild, (or grandparent)
2007-09-04 11:11:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It means that he or she has moved house at least twice in their lives.
2007-09-04 11:12:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
twice removed relative is a very distant relative, for technicalities please see --
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-degree_relatives#Family_tree
I hope it helps.
2007-09-04 11:12:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your moms cousin is your second cousin, according to Theophania and who am I to argue?
2007-09-04 11:10:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
They've been held hostage twice but you've got them back. (my personal belief lol!)
2007-09-04 11:21:01 · answer #8 · answered by Rubber * Duckie 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
something to do with a plunger, some nails and a foreskin
2007-09-04 11:16:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋