I Thought I had an understanding of cousins and their relationship to me, but apparently, I'm wrong! My software, My Heritage, calculates the relationship of every person in my database. However, I don't think I understand how they come up with the "Once Removed, Twice Removed" part of their description. EG: I found a new cousin the other day whose name is Karla, Karla is my 6th cousin. Karla's father, Roy, as you would expect, is my 5th cousin, but Once Removed. Why is he "Once Removed"? Karla's children are my 6th cousins, Once Removed. Why are they not my 7th cousins? It gets worse! Karla's grandfather is my 4th cousin, "Twice Removed". And her great Grandfather is my 3rd cousin 3 times removed. All of these people share the same grand parents, 3, 4, 5, or 6 generations back. So why are some of them Once, Twice, or 3 times Removed? Instead of all of them being just cousins? Very confusing! I hope someone on this list can explain this "Removed" part of relationships to me in plain English. Jim