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I don't expect to get one definite answer here, but Google can't give me one either. Some websites say they're your second cousin, and others say they're your first cousin once removed. I'm trying to figure out some family tree stuff so I need to know the difference between the (groups of) terms.

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[–] [email protected] 107 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (7 children)

I usually refer to this chart :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

This is a phenomenal resource! In all my years, I haven't actually heard anyone say "once removed" in story telling. I would almost feel weird saying it, despite it being technically correct. It's like saying "whom" out loud, you might be right, but people start mocking you.

Yes I need better coworkers, what are you gonna do...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The only story telling I've heard it used was A Series of Unfortunate Events. Pretty sure each caretaker gets a cousin designation. But that, of course, is entirely fiction in an excessively diverse, rich, bodacious literary presentation filled to the brim with grimly austere vernacular from the Vocabulary For Defiants.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

With such sharp, acidic wit, you might say the prose is... Lemony.

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