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Raen Posted 18 years ago
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"twice removed"
0 I overheard this at a party when someone was explaining her relation to the other. What does it mean? And would one also say "once", "thrice", or "four times" and so on..........to articulate the relation? Thanks. 02 br
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0 It means plus 2 generations on one side of the ladder, so your granny's first cousin is your first cousin twice removed. 0-
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0 I'm sorry to interrupt but I'm interested to know what it means too. However, I don't even understand what a first cousin is or the ladder though I can sort of guess. 05 0 00 I would appreciate if you could dumb it down for me 010id 6
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0 «First cousin» means a cousin. 02 br
00 «Ladder» refers to the genealogy tree or a branch thereof, I suppose, and 02 br
00 «removed» means «being far». 02 br
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00 EDIT: I wasn't right about "first cousin": 05 0 00 0240href http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin
00 «Ladder» refers to the genealogy tree or a branch thereof, I suppose, and 02 br
00 «removed» means «being far». 02 br
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00 EDIT: I wasn't right about "first cousin": 05 0 00 0240href http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin
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0 Thank you Ant_222. I have one more question. If a person is your first cousin once removed, what are you to him/her? first cousin once added? 0-
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0 No. You are his first cousin once removed and he is your first cousin once removed. 0-
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0 HA! That's what you mean by 'add X generation(s) to one side of the ladder. X removed means the ABSOLUTE difference is X. Is there another term that can be added to the phrase to indicate who's up/down the ladder? 0-
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0 Ok, this sounds more complicated than I thought. I thought I had it right, but I'm not sure now. 02 br
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00 The word "removed", does it mean "something" is removed? What is removed? A generation? Are we looking at a geneological (this a word?) tree when we use this phrase? If so, do I refer to my great-great-great-great grandmother as "She is my grandmother 4 times removed"
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00 The word "removed", does it mean "something" is removed? What is removed? A generation? Are we looking at a geneological (this a word?) tree when we use this phrase? If so, do I refer to my great-great-great-great grandmother as "She is my grandmother 4 times removed"
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0 No, you can't tell if the person is two generations older than you or two generations younger. 02 br
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00 Very few people are any good at this. If your "second cousin once removed" is getting married, you'd usually just say that you were going to a family wedding.And if the person you said that to said, "Oh, whose? Niece? Nephew?" you'd probably say "My cousin's kid. Second
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00 Very few people are any good at this. If your "second cousin once removed" is getting married, you'd usually just say that you were going to a family wedding.And if the person you said that to said, "Oh, whose? Niece? Nephew?" you'd probably say "My cousin's kid. Second
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5 0 00 : distant by a given number of degrees of descent or kinship: 01 i 00 A first cousin once removed is the child of one's first cousin. The grandchildren of one's first cousin are one's first cousins twice removed. 02 i 0240href http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/removedc Removed
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