On 9 Aug 2010 at 4:11, [email protected] wrote: > NOW as MY Grand Parents were third cousins, that comes out to Me > <CUZ A T> Being My OWN 6th Cousin, If your grandparents were third cousins, that would make you your own fifth cousin (children of third cousins are fourth cousins; grandchildren of third cousins are fifth cousins). I'm my own fifth cousin, once removed. I'm also my own uncle. (My half-brother was adopted by our common grandmother, which makes him my uncle. Thus, I am a brother of my uncle. A brother of my uncle must be either my uncle or my father. I can't be my own father, so I must be my own uncle. To be more technical, I'm my own adopted half-uncle.) Bill, the confused