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Originally Posted by zebra
This first cousin once removed sounds so strange to foreign ears  What do you remove? XD |
As I said before, cousin comes from the first level of ancestor you share. Grandparents for first cousin, great-grandparents for second cousin, so on and so forth.
For "removed", you then go the other way. For each generation after your current generation, it's considered to be one level "removed". For example, your first cousin once removed is your cousin's child. You're still technically cousins with the kid, since your first ancestor are your grandparents. The "once removed" just goes the other direction.