How is someone your second cousin

FamilySearch Blog. About FamilySearch. For Latter-day Saints. For the Whole Family. Genealogy Research. Heritage and History. News and Events. Personal History. What Is a Second Cousin? Cousins: The Basics. Download Cousin Calculator. If you can't keep your third cousins and your first cousins twice removed straight, you are not alone. But there's a simple way to figure out the relationships between relations.

First cousins share a grandparent, second cousins share a great-grandparent, third cousins share a great-great-grandparent, and so on. The degree of cousinhood "first," "second," etc. This pattern continues throughout each generation.

So, for example, a first cousin once removed is either the child of your first cousin or the parent of your second cousin. Now that you know what to call your distant cousins, use the chart below click to enlarge to calculate your cousinship!

You can also check out these other ways to calculate cousins. Download Cousin Calculator Chart Download High-Resolution Cousin Calculator Chart Note: These cousin naming-conventions are primarily used in English-speaking societies and may be different in other languages and cultures. FamilySearch Blog. About FamilySearch. The same equation can continue for fourth cousins, fifth cousins, and so on.

By Lucy Wendel. Comments 43 Add Comment. View Comments. July 10, Great article but I will like to point out that First Cousins and Second cousins do not exist as English words. These are words coined by us. The child of your cousin is still your niece and nephew. I hope this helps. Thank you. March 21, What would my dad's nephew's kids be to me, considering that the age difference between us isn't much. March 1, Great article.

I would like to know, if my uncle marries a woman with a daughter, is she my first cousin? Even though we are not blood relatives, or is she a step first cousin?

And by law, are we relatives as it pertains to work, i. February 21, How is this person related to me? My mother's cousin is married to a woman. How is she related to me?

January 31, She is my half sisters fathers cousins daughter. What does that make her to me? January 14, My aunt becomes a widow and remarries and she has children from this second marriage. Are these children my first or second cousins? January 4, How is my granfather's great-great uncle related to my grandmothers sisters grandchildren. I say they are not Can someone explain this to both of us, please and thank you! January 1, If my grandfather's cousin has kids and then my grandfather's cousins daughter has children then what would that make me to those children?

December 18, Are we related? December 1, If my cousin has a kid, what would that kid be to me. November 22, November 15, Say you have a friend. November 14, I have a son, and my uncle from my mothers side just had a son.

Who are our children to each other? November 13, Could you reply to this at my email? Vianneylizardi2 gmail. Please and thank you!