Then what are your parents' cousins' children to you?
According to my understanding, first cousins have the same grandparents, second cousins have the same great-grandparents, third cousins have the same great-great-grandparents, and so on.
The "once-removed" or "twice-removed" then refers to a generational skip.
Perhaps, in modern America, there is no longer a need to express these relationships with such precision.
But thanks for your feedback!
Regards,
This is very interesting to me. Thanks for your information.
My parents’ cousins’ children would be my parents’ second cousins, therefore my third cousins...and I have known many of them....even a few fourth cousins. First cousins share the same grandparents but with a child of your first cousin, their grandparents would be your first cousin’s parents, thus, your aunt and uncle. As your second cousin, their great grandparents would be your grandparents...and so on.
To my knowledge, second cousins are usually a generation younger and that may be what you are referring to as “once removed”.
I’m not into ancestry but maybe I should be....it appears interesting.
Have a good one!