# just a quick relation question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-quick-relation-question/127392>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 7, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-quick-relation-question/127392 "2002-09-07T05:26:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![agentfroot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@agentfroot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agentfroot)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-quick-relation-question/127392/1 "2002-09-07T05:26:18Z")

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I’ve been wondering this for a while, and the people I’ve asked were unclear. What relation am I to my cousin’s children?

You see, my cousin is pregnant with her second child (and the family is delighted!), but I don’t want to call her kids “my cousin’s kids.” So are they my second cousins, first cousins once removed, or some other distinction?

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**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-quick-relation-question/127392/2 "2002-09-07T05:35:40Z")

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Your first cousin’s children are your first cousins, once removed. They are your children’s second cousins. Your kids are her first cousins, once removed. ( A generation removed, counting from the first common ancestor, in this case a grandparent.)

Tris

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**Author:** ![agentfroot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@agentfroot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agentfroot)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-quick-relation-question/127392/3 "2002-09-07T05:37:33Z")

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Ah, that clears everything up. Thanks!