Im always confused what to call them. Cousins? 2nd cousins? NO IDEA HELP ME OUT
2007-12-17 15:31:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
3rd cousin
your mum's cousin is your 2nd cousin,
2nd cousins kids are your 3rd cousins
2007-12-17 15:33:25 · answer #1 · answered by nooner 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Your mother's cousin's children and you are second cousins, but you just call them cousins. You and their parents are cousins once removed. It goes by generations, ie (I don't know if the chart will show properly, but I'll try.)
sister..<-sibling->..brother
child..A.<-cousin->.child B
child C<-2nd cousin->child D
child. E<-3rd cousin->.child F
Now, to make it even more confusing, Child A to Child D are 1st cousins once removed. Child A to child F are 1st cousins twice removed.
Child C to child F are 2nd cousins once removed and so on.
The number of cousin is how many generations from the siblings and the removed are how many generations the first is removed from the other. I hope that makes sense. There is a better chart but I can't do it on here.
2007-12-17 15:55:41 · answer #2 · answered by Sheila L 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Third cousins.
2007-12-17 17:01:02 · answer #3 · answered by kim h 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your Mom and her cousins are first cousins. Children of first cousins are second cousins.
You are second cousins to the children of your Mom's cousins.
The children of you Mom's cousins are first cousins, once removed to her.
Your Mom's cousins are first cousins, once removed to you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin
2007-12-17 15:41:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋