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#511751 Fri, 09 May 08 08:04 PM

No, you can't tell if the person is two generations older than you or two generations younger.

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 cousin, actually."

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#511755 Fri, 09 May 08 08:10 PM

Removed: distant by a given number of degrees of descent or kinship: 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.

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#511756 Fri, 09 May 08 08:15 PM

GG, That solves my confusion! Thank you!

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#511757 Fri, 09 May 08 08:17 PM

GG, could you read my last message, I think I posted it the same time you did, I had a few questions there. But after reading your message, I think I might have misunderstood the phrase.

Is, for instance, "twice removed" used to ppl of the same generation (horizontal view)? I thought it was used it between generations (vertical view), wrong? I need clarification on this. Thanks.

Raen