What is a cousin?

What is a cousin?

SMALL–COUSIN, noun. masc., LITTLE-COUSINE, noun. fem. Son, daughter of cousinof the cousin in relation to the son, to the daughter of a cousin or a cousin.

Who is my little cousin?

The Cousins descended from siblings sharing the same great-grandparents. They are the children born of cousins Germans. And the small–cousins share the same great-great-grandparents; they are children born of cousins from siblings.

What is a Great-grand-cousin?

back–small–cousin nm Son, daughter of a small–cousin or a small-cousin.

What cousin degree?

So two brothers are on the 2nd degreeuncle and nephew are on the 3rd floor degreethem cousins siblings in the 4th.

Why do we say first cousin?

Our cousins siblings, with whom we have a grandparent in common, and those “descended from german“, with whom we have a great-grandparent in common, are so named for an etymological reason. In general, “germanus” comes from Latin and means “who is of the same blood”.

Why first cousin?

We are talking about cousin because it cousin comes from the same “germ”, that is to say from two common grandparents. In Latin, the substantive germen means “germ” or “offspring”.

Who is my cousin’s daughter to me?

Small-cousin : Child born of cousin(e) sibling. Small-daughter : Daughter of the son or daughtercompared to a grandfather, to a grandmother.

What do you call your cousin’s wife?

for me, the cousin by marriage, it’s either the my cousin’s wife.

Who is my cousin’s son to me?

So then: “The children of yours cousins are your 5th degree relatives, because one more generation separates them from your common ancestor who remains your grandmother, respectively their great-grandmother.

What do you call my cousin’s cousin?

first cousin. cousins first cousins, first cousins. One cousin germain is the son of the brother or sister of my mother or my father, he is therefore the child of my uncle or my aunt. Of them cousins siblings therefore have two grandparents in common.

What is a second cousin?

adjectival phrase. Cousin siblings, individuals whose grandparents are brothers or sisters.