What is my cousin to my children?

[nanny dawn]

ie second cousin etc.

Also what is my cousin to my husband???

Thanks

[Mikkanjazza]

Horribly complicated, but the clearest explanation I have come across is www.dumville.org/trees/cousins_tre.html

[fadeout73]

Second cousin to your chidren, nothing to your husband or maybe "cousin in law"?

[FoxLee2]

Your first cousin to your children will be a first cousin once removed. Your children and your cousin's children will be second cousins to each other.

It's quite simple really. If it drops a generation on one side, then it's the same relationship but removed. If it drops a generation on both sides then it goes to second cousins: subsequent generation drops on both sides, then third cousins.

[saxy_jag]

Agree with FoxLee. I asked a similar question some time ago and discovered my cousin's son and I are first cousins once removed.

Explanation here.

[dot.haukes]

I answered this the other day but my reply is missing!!

[saxy_jag]

That answer was just in relation to your first question. My cousin and my husband refer to each other as 'cousin-in-law' but I don't know how correct that is.

[dot.haukes]

Oh duplicate question:
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Society-and-Cul ture/Question790628.html

[nanny dawn]

Yeh sorry to confuse you Dot, didnt know which subject would be best to get answers under!

thanks!

[Poppetchops]

Work out who the shared ancestor is. A shared grandparent means first cousin, a shared great grandparent means second cousin and so on. The number of "greats" indicates the cousin number. If one party has a different number of "greats" in the shared ancester then the cousinship is removed by the difference.