Re: Kinship terminology

On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 19:39:34 -0400 Nik <fortytwo@...> writes:
> A---B   (Parents)
>   |
> -----
> |   |
> C   D   (Siblings)
> |   |
> E   F   (1st cousin)
> |   |
> G   H   (2nd cousin)
> |   |
> I   J   (3rd cousin)
> |   |
> K   L   (4th cousin)
> Now, for the "once removed" and so on it's a little more complicated,
> but not by much.  The weird thing (IMO) is that it's symmetrical in
> that
> both sides of the relationship use the same term, as if "Uncle" and
> "Nephew" were the same word.  E and H are "1st cousin once removed",
> that is, they both call each other that.  E and J are "1st cousin
> twice
> removed".  The "removed" part indicates how many generations apart
> they
> are.  One way to look at it is, "1st cousin twice removed" is either
> "1st cousin's grandchild" or "grandparent's first cousin".  In my
> mind,
> there should be different words, like something like "third cousin
> twice
> added" to describe E's relationship to J.  Oh, well, Watakassí will
> probably do something like that.  :-)
> --
> AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor
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I usually use the qualifiers "upwards" and "downwards", and i thought
everyone did :-) .
So, H is E's "1st cousin once removed downwards", while E is H's "1st
cousin once removed upwards".


-Stephen (Steg)
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