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If my aunt's daughter(my cousin) had a baby, what does that make me?
My mother's sister's daughter had a baby. What am I? Uncle?
26 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
You are the baby's first cousin once removed.
The term "removed" means that you are in different generations. You and your cousin are in the same generation. Your cousin's child is one generation removed from you, so is your first cousin once removed. Your cousin's grandchildren would be your first cousins twice removed.
Your children and your cousin's children will be second cousins. THEIR children will be third cousins to each other. They are in the same generation, so there's no "removed."
***Edited to add**--no wonder so many people are confused! Apparently there are two main systems for calculating cousin relationships.
According to the "counting system", the baby would be your second cousin. According to the "removed system", the baby would be your first cousin once removed. So everyone is right! LOL.
The counting system counts one level of cousin for each person. The removed system counts one level of cousin for each generation from the common ancestor.
The removed system tells you exactly how the two are related, while the counting system doesn't give as much information about how closely each is related to the common ancestor (i.e. whether they share the same grandparents or not).
The second link in the sources (ancestry.com) explains both systems.
Source(s): Here's a chart that explains it: http://www.sonic.net/~fredd/cousins.html Ancestry.com explanation of the two cousin systems: http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx... - 1 decade ago
You'd be an uncle if your brother or sister had a baby. If your cousin has a baby you're still just a cousin. I think you'd be a second cousin, but still just a cousin.
- VBLv 51 decade ago
The baby is your first cousin once removed, not just your cousin, nor your second cousin.
Net Buddy is correct.
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- 1 decade ago
That would be your second cousin. But the child could just call you Uncle, if that makes it easier. And if you're older, it might seem odd calling each other cousins.
Congrats though.
- ★★pixie★★Lv 41 decade ago
No I don't think your uncle, I think it would mean you are 2nd cousins with the baby
