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What is my cousin to my children?

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nanny dawn | 16:28 Fri 31st Jul 2009 | Family & Relationships
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ie second cousin etc.

Also what is my cousin to my husband???

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Horribly complicated, but the clearest explanation I have come across is www.dumville.org/trees/cousins_tre.html
Second cousin to your chidren, nothing to your husband or maybe "cousin in law"?
Your first cousin to your children will be a first cousin once removed. Your children and your cousin's children will be second cousins to each other.

It's quite simple really. If it drops a generation on one side, then it's the same relationship but removed. If it drops a generation on both sides then it goes to second cousins: subsequent generation drops on both sides, then third cousins.
Agree with FoxLee. I asked a similar question some time ago and discovered my cousin's son and I are first cousins once removed.

Explanation here.
I answered this the other day but my reply is missing!!
That answer was just in relation to your first question. My cousin and my husband refer to each other as 'cousin-in-law' but I don't know how correct that is.
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Yeh sorry to confuse you Dot, didnt know which subject would be best to get answers under!

thanks!
Work out who the shared ancestor is. A shared grandparent means first cousin, a shared great grandparent means second cousin and so on. The number of "greats" indicates the cousin number. If one party has a different number of "greats" in the shared ancester then the cousinship is removed by the difference.

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