> I'm a little confused about cousins - once removed, twice removed. > What does that mean? > > I have found cousins that are related down the line to my gggf. Are > they cousins or are they removed cousins? > > Thanks for the help, > Emmy emmydbd <emmydbd@yahoo.com> A cousin once removed, would be the relationship between you and your cousins child, e.g. one generation removed from being first cousins. If you start from the ancestor that is common to you and and the other person you count the number of generations you are both descendant from this ancestor. If it is 2 then you would be first cousins 3 second cousins 4 third cousins 5 fourth 6 fifth cousins If you were 4 generations from the common ancestor and the other person was 6 generations than you would be Third cousins, twice (or two generations) removed. Gerry <MeetMe@Three.com>