Relation?

[gingersticks]

What relation are you to your parents' cousins' child?? Lol TIA X

[Ethel]

I think you are second cousins once removed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin

[mrknowall]

Im 100% ethel is right but this might help

http://grand_uncle_mark.home.insightbb.com/cou sin.html

[FoxLee]

If you are talking about a first cousin to your parents, then the cousin's child and you are second cousins. No removes involved. Your relation to the parents' cousin would be a first cousin once removed.

[chazza]

Foxlee is right, "once removed" means that you go up or down one generation. As you're the same generation as your mum's cousin's child, you will be second cousins.

If you look at the diagram in ethel's post, your mum's cousin is the "first cousin once removed" (the first green box in the middle column) so their child will be the one below this ie 2nd cousin

[chazza]

Just to add - Your mum's cousin will be your second cousin once removed, which is maybe where the confusion is arising!

[FoxLee]

chazza - I think you're confusing the issue with your second post.. The parents' cousin will remain a first cousin but as each generation goes down on the parents' side, it will be once removed, then twice removed. It is when it goes down a generation on both sides that they become second cousins. Then if one of those cousins has a child, he will be a second cousin once removed. It is quite simple really.

[chazza]

Thats what I said Foxlee - second cousins - no removals!

[dot.hawkes]

yes i agree, spot on and i used to teach this stuff lol

[CushtyFred]

When you say "your parents' cousins'", are your parents brother and sister and have the same cousins?

[Booldawg]

CushtyFred doesnt care, he'd still cur. Take a leaf out of his book mooosh!

[BradPlantpot]

gingersticks - it is fairly obvious that you are keen to 'cur' your parents' cousins' son/daughter but are concerned of the incestuous implications involved. I say just go right for it mooshy mooshy! The blood lines are totally different so it doesn't matter. And don't worry about potential offspring either - they're no more likely to turn out as 'wrong'uns' than the national average. I hope this helps.