I don’t expect to get one definite answer here, but Google can’t give me one either. Some websites say they’re your second cousin, and others say they’re your first cousin once removed. I’m trying to figure out some family tree stuff so I need to know the difference between the (groups of) terms.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Holy shit…I always thought the phrase “second cousin twice removed” meant they were your cousin’s cousin on the other side of their family, and the twice removed meant they did something awful, was removed from the family. Then was forgiven, brought back into the family, and fucked up again. So now they’re your second cousin…twice removed.

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      6 months ago

      Ah so second cousins are in the same generation. I have two first cousins twice removed (children of grandparents sibling) who I always though were second cousins. Now I get the term. If either of them have children, those would be second cousins.

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        Yeah this was always confusing to me because my Dads cousins were closer in age to me, so “second cousin” always seemed to make sense.

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    6 months ago

    Your first cousin’s child is your first cousin once removed. The only reason anyone calls it anything else is because the terminology is confusing and they misunderstand it. Your child and your first cousin’s child will be second cousins.

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    I have several first cousins I’d like to have removed. But I’ve always known their kids as my second cousins.

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    6 months ago

    First cousin once removed.

    Maybe the websites saying “second cousin” are actually talking about the children of two first cousins?