Can you explain the difference between "second cousins" and "cousins once removed"?
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It seems there is more than one system. For more information please see the comments below or read Singwell's answer: http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/173075/562632 It is all explained in the cousin tree: # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin#Chart
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To me, an Aussie, coming from an enormous extended family, it was necessary from an early age to work out how people were related to me. I knew quickly that all of the children of my aunts and uncles were termed cousins, or more accurately first cousins. I was told early that the cousins of my parents (who frequently dropped in) were 2nd cousins. But what of the children of these two degrees of relationships? That was when I was introduced to "removed". The children and grandchildren of any degree of cousin are "removed" from you by the appropriate number of generations/times. It would appear that American genealogists used different terminology, however. This should not have surprised me, since there is no ONE system of determining relationships. This differs from culture to culture, country to country, era to era.
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I'm pretty sure that at least in English speaking countries the equation for removed cousins is the same. Where X is the cousin (e.g. first, second, third etc.): X cousin once removed = child of X cousin X cousin twice removed = grand-child of X cousin X cousin thrice removed = great-grand child of X cousin etc. As far as other cultures go, I suppose it's down to how you translate the words, and if the relationship is indeed recognised. PS Sorry! Didn't mean to post this as an answer, I meant to comment on nevets answer.
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One thing I do know, that marrying and having children with a second cousin causes genetic birth defects. It’s not legal and not a very good idea.
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The child of your first cousin is your first cousin, once removed. Your child and your first cousin's child are second cousins. Their children would be third cousins, and so on.
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