I AM NOT CONFUSED I UNDERSTOOD IT. I AM ONE GENERATION REMOVED FROM THE FIRST COUSIN RELATIONSHIP. SO ACCORDINGLY IF THIS COUSIN HAD A CHILD THEN THAT CHILD AND I WOULD BE SECOND COUSINS AND MY CHILD WOULD BE SECOND COUSIN ONCE REMOVED. AND NOW I UNDERSTAND HOW I, AM, COUSIN ONCE REMOVED FROM SOMEONE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. I WONDER IF THIRD COUSINS ONCE REMOVED CAN LEGALLY MARRY IN LA. I KNOW IN ARKANSAS IF YOU GET A DIVORCE YOUR EX-WIFE MIGHT STILL BE YOUR SISTER. RICHARD