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From Old French cosin (French: cousin), from Latin consibrinus (com- + sobrinus)

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Singular
cousin

Plural
cousins

cousin (plural cousins)

  1. The son or daughter of a person’s uncle or aunt; a first cousin.
  2. Any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant; one more distantly related than an aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, etc.

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  • Relations who have a common grandparent but different parents are first cousins; those with a common great-grandparent but different parents are second cousins, and so on; in general, one’s nth cousin is anyone other than oneself or one's siblings found by going back n+1 generations and then forward n+1 generations.
  • The child of one’s first cousin is one’s first cousin once removed; the grandchild of one’s first cousin is one’s first cousin twice removed, and so on. For example, if Phil and Marie are first cousins, and Marie has a son Andre, then Phil and Andre are first cousins once removed.
  • In the southern US, the relation is considered the number of links between two people of common ancestry to the common aunt or uncle.
  • A patrilineal or paternal cousin is a father's niece or nephew, and a matrilineal or maternal cousin a mother's. Paternal and maternal parallel cousins are father's brother's child and mother's sister's child, respectively; paternal and maternal cross cousins are father's sister's child and mother's brother's child, respectively.

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  • (son or daughter of a person's uncle or aunt): first cousin

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cousin m. (plural cousins)

  1. cousin (male)

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