Q&A for How to Understand Relationships in Your Family Tree (Genealogy)

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    I'm the uncle to her, what will be her children to me?
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    They would be your nieces and nephews once removed. The same thing would apply to cousins. Your cousins' children are your cousins once removed. Your children and your cousins' would be second cousins.
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    What is the type of relationship between my mother and her sister's children?
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    Your mother would be the children's aunt, and the children would be your mother's nieces and nephews.
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    What would be the relation between me and the boy who is my mother's cousin's son?
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    Second cousin. Your mother and her cousin's children are second cousins. The answer to the above answered question 'What is the relation between me and my first cousin's child?' was incorrectly answered as second cousins. It is indeed first cousin once removed.
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    What is my brother's grandson to me?
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    A great-nephew.
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    My father's cousin is what relation to me?
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    Your father's cousin is his first cousin. As your father's child that makes you "once removed" from your father's cousin. Therefore your relationship is described as "first cousins once removed." Additionally, your father's cousin's child would be your second cousin.
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    A relation of mine married his uncle's daughter, what is the relationship between the two?
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    The two would be first cousins, if the uncle is your relative's parent's sibling.
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    What is the relation between me and my 1st cousin's child?
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    That is your second cousin. If that second cousin has a child, the child is your third cousin.
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    What would the relationship be between my grandchild and my niece and nephew? First cousins once removed?
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    Yes. Your child is first cousins with your niece and nephew (your sibling's children), so the child of your child would be a first cousin once removed.
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    What is the relationship between two brothers' wives?
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    They're sisters-in-law.
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    If my cousin's child is called my "first cousin once removed", then what is the opposite called from their point of view?
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    Your first cousin first removed is your cousin’s child. From their perspective, you are their first cousin first removed because you are their parent's cousin.
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