what is a third cousin

[shy]

some people claim third cousin and some does not, it is according to how close they are.

[SbHill]

Once a third cousin, always a third cousin. Doesn't matter if you claim it or not - they're still a third cousin.

I'm a little curious as to why you asked the question AND answered it.

[rough]

just answer the question!

[I love my Brownings]

ok my aunts daughter is my 1st cousin her daughter is my 2nd cousin her daughter is my 3rd cousin
if my blood aunt married my blood uncle the child of that union would be Double 1st cousin
those make the bestest lovers and wives (no complaints about the in laws or where to spend christmas at grandmas house of course cause its your grandma and hers too )good greif we live in south Mississippi Havent you ever went to a Funeral or Family reunion looking for a WIFE??

[looking it up]

If you have the same grandparents you are first cousins
If you have the same g-grandparents - 2nd cousins
If you have the same g-g-grandparents - third cousins.
and so on and so forth.

My aunt's child is my first cousin. My first cousin's child would be my first cousin, once removed. That child's child would be my first cousin, twice removed and so on and so forth.

The same would go for second cousins and thier children, and so on and so forth.

[larry the pie plate guy]

yea buddy got my wife at a funeral we would have got married on the spot (well preachers flowers ,kin folks , food )we played to gather as children , and all her folks are gone now and its not like we are gonna have children (both over 50 )we will soon be married 25 years , and to beat it all we have raised some of our cousins children as our own thay all are grown and their children call us their grandparents (we all have the same last name)

[family friend]

looking it up wrote:

If you have the same grandparents you are first cousins
If you have the same g-grandparents - 2nd cousins
If you have the same g-g-grandparents - third cousins.
and so on and so forth.
My aunt's child is my first cousin. My first cousin's child would be my first cousin, once removed. That child's child would be my first cousin, twice removed and so on and so forth.
The same would go for second cousins and thier children, and so on and so forth.

This is correct. Another way of looking at it - is to say you are the same relationship to a person that your parent or grandparent is - only you are one or two generations removed. Your parent's 1st cousin is your 1st cousin, once removed. Your grandparent's 1st cousin is your 1st cousin, twice removed. Your parent's 2nd cousin is your 2nd cousin, once removed. First cousins are in the same generation - 2nd cousins are in the same generation - 3rd cousins are in the same generation and so on.

[anonymous]

looking it up wrote:

If you have the same grandparents you are first cousins
If you have the same g-grandparents - 2nd cousins
If you have the same g-g-grandparents - third cousins.
and so on and so forth.
My aunt's child is my first cousin. My first cousin's child would be my first cousin, once removed. That child's child would be my first cousin, twice removed and so on and so forth.
The same would go for second cousins and thier children, and so on and so forth.

So all this got nothing to do with the "inside chirren" and the "outside chirren," do it?

[jinx]

this must be asked by a damn Johnson or Williams family member.. lord knows they love that "we're third cousins" excuse as they pro-create