"Cousins" redirects here. For other uses, see Cousins (disambiguation).
"First cousin once removed" redirects here. For the documentary film, see First Cousin Once Removed.
Descendant of an ancestor's sibling
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Relationships (Outline)
Types
Genetic or adoptive
Kinship
Family
Parent
father
mother
Grandparent
Sibling
Cousin
By marriage
Spouse
Husband
Wife
Open marriage
Polygamy
Polyandry
Polygyny
Group marriage
Mixed-orientation
Partner(s)
Significant other
Boyfriend
Girlfriend
Cohabitation
Same-sex
Life partner
Friendship (romantic / cross-sex / zone)
Intimate and sexual
Casual
Monogamy
Non-monogamy
Mutual monogamy
Polyamory
Polyfidelity
Cicisbeo
Concubinage
Courtesan
Mistress
Activities
Bonding
Courtship
Dating
Engagement
Bachelor's Day
Mating
Meet market
Romance
Singles event
Wedding
Endings
Breakup
Legal/marital separation
Annulment
Divorce
Widowhood
Emotions and feelings
Affinity
Attachment
Intimacy
Jealousy
Limerence
Love
Platonic
Unconditional
Passion
Sexuality
Practices
Bride price
dower
dowry
service
Hypergamy
Infidelity
Sexual activity
Transgression
Repression
Abuse
Child
Dating
Domestic
Elderly
Narcissistic parent
Power and control
Stalking
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Queen Victoria and her cousin Princess Victoria, Duchess of Nemours, 1852
A cousin is a relative that is the child of a parent's sibling; this is more specifically referred to as a first cousin.
More generally, in the kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a cousin is a type of relationship in which relatives are two or more generations away from their most recent common ancestor. For this definition Degrees and removals are used to further specify the relationship.
Degree measures how distant the relationship is from the most recent common ancestor(s).
If the cousins do not come from the same generation Removal is specified as removal measures the difference in generations between the two cousins. When the removal is not specified, no removal is assumed.[1][2]
Various governmental entities have established systems for legal use that can precisely specify kinship with common ancestors any number of generations in the past; for example, in medicine and in law, a first cousin is a type of third-degree relative.[citation needed]
^King, Robert C.; Stansfield, William D. (2013). "Cousin". A Dictionary of Genetics. Oxford University Press. 8.
^"Definition of Cousin by Merriam-Webster". merriam-webster.com. Merriam-Webster.
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