Date:  Sat, 4 Mar 1995 18:20:49 -0800

From:  Arnold Zwicky <zwicky[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>

Subject: Re: second cousins



your nth cousin shares (n x grand) parents with you: you and your first

cousins share a pair of grandparents, you and your second cousins

share a pair of greatgrandparents ["great" and "grand" are

allomorphs], etc.



your nth cousin k times removed is k generations off your generation,

either above or below. my first cousins once removed are my

first cousins' children and my parents' first cousins. my

first cousins twice removed are my first cousins' grandchildren

and my grandparents' first cousins. my second cousins once

removed are my second cousins' children and my parents' second

cousins. etc.



arnold