How can you have a removed cousin?
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Your mother's first cousin's grandchild is your 2nd cousin once removed. Draw a family tree starting with the common ancestor at the top, and keep each succeeding generation on the same level, or distance from the common ancestor. Blood relatives on the same horizontal level (other than siblings, which are the first level from the common ancestor) are numbered cousins, with no 'removal' involved. The 'removed' part comes into play when one is removed from an equal level fo cousinship (cousintry ?). Thus the children of first cousins are 2nd cousins, and their children are 3rd cousins to each other. The child of one's numbered cousin is one's numbered cousin once removed. In the example you gave, your mother's first cousin's child ( the parent of the aforementioned grandchild) is your 2nd cousin, but your mother's first cousin, once removed [from her(your mother's) first cousin]. Another way to check is to count the number of generations back to the common ancestor. If two people have the same number, then the following applies:\n1 generation removed = siblings\n2 generations removed = 1st cousins\n3 generations removed = 2nd cousins
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You have to find out of your grandmother has a will. Everything will go to whom ever she names. You will not be able to do anything about it.
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not at all, on a genetic level its only bad if you are with 2 generations of one another, and since you say the relation is thru marriage there are no blood ties between you and the one you like. \n\nKeep in mind if it fails the cousin in the middle may suffer as the two of you decide you don't like each other any more, but they have to be around you both
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Yeh, run an ad in the  newspapers announcing you are severing ties with your siblings .......place in their names and social security numbers. Send a notification card to all relatives and friends about it. See lawyer for better clarification.
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WELL SWEETIE I HATE TO BREAK THE NEWS TO YOU BUT YOU CAN'T FORCE SOMEONE TO LIKE YOU THERE INTERESTED IN SOMEONE ELSE,,,, IF THIS PERSON HAPPENS TO BE INTERESTED IN YOUR COUSIN THEN YOU SHOULD JUST LET HIM PERSUE HER AND FIND SOMEONE WHO'S NOT INTERESTED IN SOMEONE ELSE THERE ARE ALOT OF AVAILIBLE MEN OUT HERE.....
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I believe different states have different guidelines.  Some allow first cousins to marry.
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I'm not sure there are any laws preventing someone from marrying an uncle or cousin related by blood, let alone simply by adoption.\n\nI know some 2nd cousins that were married in Florida, and there were no rules preventing it.  Certainly, in the case of close blood relatives (1st cousins) there are risks of genetic problems with children, but I still don't think there are laws that prevent the marriages, except maybe in the case of direct family members (brother/sister).
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I'm not a law expert, but my cousin is in a similar situation (father is unfit, unwilling, etc)\n\nShe simply had to name the couple she wanted as guardian as the legal guardian in her will.  She did this through the assistance of a lawyer.\n\nMy best advice is to talk to a (family) lawyer to find out what your options are.
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i usually stop after 3rd cousin, and call anyone else 'distant' cousins, odds are we dont know and didn't grow up with or around them anyhow.  check with someone that does family tree/ancestry and they could explain what you want to know i would imagine
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A second cousin is one of your parents' cousins.  I've always considered mine to be more like aunts and uncles.  A fifth cousin is really removed, I don't think I know my fifth cousins.  My grandma told me during the olympcs a long time ago that one of the swimmers was my fourth cousin and I didn't know him at all.
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If your cousin's country has divorce without him having to give his consent then she can divorce him even if he does not want it. The US recognizes the divorce. It always gets me when people try to argue they do not want to allow a divorce. Why would anyone want to force another to stay with them if they do not want to? I certainly would not want to be with someone who did not want me. Good luck to your cousin!\n=^_^=
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Oh, this is a sad situation and I am sorry for you...love can hurt sometimes.  Because she is your cousin you are just going to have to move on and NOT be with her.  You may want to see a professional counselor to get over her...You do not want to ruin your family by being with her...There is someone out there for you and I am so sorry but it isn't her.  She is SUPPOSED to be with someone else.  I know that sounds hurtful..but if you were to get with her and she got pregnant you could have a deformed or retarded baby.  Thats why family members shouldn't be together.
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why do your cousins need to know?  sounds like personal business to me.
328483
You have to talk to her and let her know how you feel in a positive way. And just because she is your cousin doesn't mean you have to be around her all the time.
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first cousin once removed is the official relation. Your children will be second cousins to that child.\n\nThink of it in terms of if you are on the same generational level.  You and your first cousins have the same grandparents.  Your children and your cousin's children have the same great-grandparents so they are second cousins.  Since there is a generational difference between you and your cousins' kids, you are first cousins once removed.
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No you cannot. In order to inherit from a person you must have a blood or legal relationship with him/her. When you divorce a spouse your legal relationship is void.
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you have to find or make a family tree.  You may have to trace your roots pretty far back.  It can be done.  My uncle did it for my family.