eli5 What does it mean when a relative is “twice removed”?

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eli5 What does it mean when a relative is “twice removed”?

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Your father/mother’s generation is once removed

your grandfather’s generation is twice removed

your great grandfather is thrice removed.

Your dad’s cousin is your cousin once removed

Your grandfather’s cousin is your cousin twice removed

In theory you could call your dad’s sister your ‘sister once removed’ but instead we use the word Aunt.

Note this can go the other way too, your kids are once removed, your grandkids are twice removed.

Just like the aunt example, we don’t say ‘cousin once removed’ we say niece or nephew. But after that, you could use ‘cousin twice removed’ as a way of saying ‘this kid is the cousin of my grandkid, we are related but not directly’

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