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Originally Posted by Suburban Rhythm
Are there third cousins?
Example: My son, Sam, has a kid in his preschool class, Tyler.
My cousin (his mom is my dad's sister) is Tyler's dad.
So Me to Tyler: 2nd cousins
Tyler's dad to Sam: 2nd cousins
Sam to Tyler: 3rd cousins? Or is this the old "once removed", because I never understood that.
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Sam to Tyler: 2nd Cousins
You to Tyler and Tyler's Dad to Sam: 1st Cousins, once removed.
For each generation removed from the original family relationship (your cousin's mom and your dad), you add 1 to the cousin nomenclature. If you are not in the same generation, you are once removed per generation gap.
Or, to simplify in a big family, they are all just cousins.