cousin
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From Old French cosin, from Latin consobrinus, from com- + sobrinus
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cousin (plural cousins)
- The son or daughter of a person’s uncle or aunt; a first cousin.
- Any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant; one more distantly related than an uncle, aunt, granduncle, grandaunt, nephew, niece, grandnephew, grandniece, etc.
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- People who have common grandparents but different parents are first cousins. People who have common great-grandparents but no common grandparents and 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. One of my first cousin's parents is one of my parents' siblings. One of my second cousin's grandparents is one of my grandparents' siblings.
- 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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- (nephew or niece of one's parent): first cousin
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term derived from cousin (noun)
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nephew or niece of a parent
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any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant, and more distantly related than an aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, etc.
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[edit] Etymology 1
Latin consobrinus
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cousin m. (plural cousins; feminine cousine, plural cousines)
- cousin (male)
[edit] Etymology 2
Latin culicinus, mosquito-like, from culex
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cousin m. (plural cousins)
