At 04:17 AM 1/16/00 -0800, you wrote: >I think "removed" means that you share one set of grandparents or >something like that, but am not positive. Carol and Carolyn, Pardon my "butting in" <G>, but I've worked a bit with trying to figure out some of these relationships - they can certainly be a bit trying, to say the least! Ha! Trying - heck, they can be downright maddening..... If you are first cousins, you share a set of grandparents (one of your parents, and one of THEIR parents, are siblings). You are first cousins, once removed, with your first cousin's children; likewise, your children would be first cousins, once removed, with your first cousin. An example of a first cousin, twice removed, would be you and your first cousin's grandchildren. Second cousins share a common set of great-grandparents. So, an example of second cousins, once removed, would be you and the children of your second cousin. And so on and so forth through the dizzying examples.... I'm all for using my own copy of Family Tree Maker to figure this all out!!! <G> Skip - in sunny <!> MN (yeah, right, you betcha!)