• @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Edit. I understand now, thanks.


    What is a second cousin? Your cousins cousin? The person your aunt/uncle marrieds niece/nephew? That can’t be right, that’s not blood. Help! Lol

    • @proudblond@lemmy.world
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      294 months ago

      My aunt’s kid is my cousin. My cousin’s kid and my kid are second cousins.

      It’s essentially finding the most recent common ancestor. My cousins and I share grandparents. Second cousins share great-grandparents, and so on.

      “Once removed” and such refers to generational differences. So, my first cousin’s kid is my first cousin once removed, and my kid’s second cousin.

    • Schadrach
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      34 months ago

      What is a second cousin?

      Someone with whom your most recent common ancestor is a great grandparent to both of you.

      Like how a first cousin is someone with whom your most recent common ancestor is a grandparent to both of you (aka you both have a same grandparent but not a same parent - meaning one of each of your parents are siblings with each other).

      If the most recent common ancestor isn’t the same relation for both of you, then there’s probably a “times removed” or one of you is some variety of aunt/uncle to the other.