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Position:Home>Genealogy> What does a "cousin once removed" mean?Question: What does a "cousin once removed" mean!? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: let me correct all the answers which are wrong!. Once removed means your cousin's children!. Twice removed is your cousin's grandchildren!. Second cousins to you are not your cousin's cousin!. They are your parent's cousins' children!. (Your parent's first cousin once removed is your second cousin) and so on and so forth!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Let's say your grandma had two kids, your mom and your uncle!. You and your uncle's kids are first cousins, right!? Now, let's assume that you and your cousin each had a kid!. Your kids are second cousins to each other, and your cousin's kid is your first cousin once removed!. The once removed means there's a generation gap between common ancestors!. Check out this chart on wikipedia, it really helped me understand things: http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Cousin Www@QuestionHome@Com aineen and jellybean are right!. Cousins once removed is a familial term around since before divorces were so popular!. My cousins once removed are my father's cousins!. My second cousins are my cousin's cousins!.Www@QuestionHome@Com A first cousin once removed is: Child of one's first cousin; Cousin of one's father; Cousin of one's mother Www@QuestionHome@Com It means they are divorced from the family!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |