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Old 09-12-2011, 09:02 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
No. Being the same generation just means that there's no 'removed' in their relationship description. Since their nearest common ancestor is their great grandparents, they are 2nd cousins.
Yes, I'm with pdurrant on this - I have been very involved with family history for a while, so you do get used to it.

Another confusing thing in relationship terminology is that a great-aunt or uncle is a generation closer to the child in question than a great-grandmother/father is. There could be a good argument for changing to grand-aunt or uncle, to be the same as grandmother/father.
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