Yes,
jack has hit the nail on the head.
There is an easy way to remember what are first cousins, second cousins and so on.
First cousins share common grandparents (that is, one of each of their parents are siblings).
Second cousins share common great grandparents (that is, one of each of their grandparents are siblings).
And so on. This means that second cousins are wider apart than first cousins in the family tree � i.e. in a different �column� - but are of the same generation.
Being �removed� means being of a higher or lower generation in the tree, the number of steps up or down being the number of times removed.
There are many websites where this is explained, but this one is quite easy to understand:
http://www.dumville.org/trees/cousins_tre.html