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Basically your second cousins are the people in your family who have the same great-grandparents as you, but not the same grandparents. Twice removed means there is two generations separating you.
"A very distant relative" is the quick answer.
To be exact ... see the description below;
'Removed' indicates that the two people being compared are a different number of generations away from their common ancestor.
The other part of the phrase, 'first cousin,' 'second cousin,' 'third cousin,' etc., describes the relationship of two people who are/were in the same generation.
There is no 'removed' used for people with the same grandparents. They are simply first cousins. Similarly, two people whose first common ancestors are the same great-grandparents are second cousins.
But, if John's grandmother is Mary, while that same Mary is great-great-grandmother to Melissa, then John and Melissa are 'first cousins twice removed.' This is because you have to go back two generations on Melissa's family tree to find the 'first cousin' of John.
Put another way, Melissa's grandparent is first cousin to John, so John and Melissa are 'first cousins twice removed.'
Removed' indicates that the two people being compared are a different number of generations away from their common ancestor.
The other part of the phrase, 'first cousin,' 'second cousin,' 'third cousin,' etc., describes the relationship of two people who are/were in the same generation.
There is no 'removed' used for people with the same grandparents. They are simply first cousins. Similarly, two people whose first common ancestors are the same great-grandparents are second cousins.
But, if John's grandmother is Mary, while that same Mary is great-great-grandmother to Melissa, then John and Melissa are 'first cousins twice removed.' This is because you have to go back two generations on Melissa's family tree to find the 'first cousin' of John.
Put another way, Melissa's grandparent is first cousin to John, so John and Melissa are 'first cousins twice removed.'
So, that is how I calculated that I am FIRST COUSIN REMOVED TEN TIMES of William PENN -- Because I am a great-great-great-great-great-... of Lawrence ROUTH (Born 1660 in Hawes, Yorkshire, England, who was a first cousin of William Penn.)
On the other hand, I calculated that I am the SECOND COUSIN REMOVED SIX TIMES of U. S. President, Zachary TAYLOR -- Because I am a great-great-great-great-grands... of his second cousin, John Taylor.
OK, let's set up a hypothetical family. Ann and Andy are siblings. Ann's child, Betty and Andy's child Bert are first cousins. Betty's child, Chloe and Bert's child Chad are second cousins. (Chad is Betty's first cousin once removed, by the way)
Choe's daughter Diane had another daughter, Esther (daughters run in their family). Esther is Chad's second cousin, twice removed. It might be easier if you draw all this out on a chart, like a family tree.
Usually, people don't trace relationships that closely--you must live in the South.
Second cousin twice removed means this. It would first of all mean that one of your parents has a first cousin. Your parent and your parent's cousin would both have to have had kids for you have a second cousin. This second cousin you had would have to have grandchildren. That grandchild is your 2nd cousin twice removed. Example:
Grandmother - Grandma's sister
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Mom Mom's cousin
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You Your 2nd cousin
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2nd cousin's child
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Your 2nd cousin's grandchild*
*Your second cousin twice removed!
It means you are very distantly related, or maybe not at all related. It's like the cousin's cousin of your second cousin, your second cousin being the child of your first cousin.
If you are all in the same blood line, then you are related, but if it is the cousin from your cousin's wife's side of the family, then you are not related.
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