What is the relationship?

[pinkbasket]

My husband's cousin has had a baby, what is the baby to my husband's children?

Second cousin once removed

Thank you.

They are first cousins once removed.
Baby's mother or father is husband's first cousin, so the children are first cousins too.
But they are a generation further on--hence "removed."

Thank you too. I was thinking just then surely they were first cousins and then I saw your post. I am going with first cousins. Will their children be second cousins to each other?

second cousins.

your dh & his cousin = first cousin.

his children are her cousin once removed (one generation difference between them) and her children are first cousin once removed to your dh.

however, once both 'sides' have dropped down a generation, they become second cousins, i.e. they are the 2nd generation of cousins. as they are both the same generation, they are not 'removed'.

So my dh and his cousin are first cousins but normally just known as cousins, yes?

Dh's children and his cousins children are second cousins to each other?

Dh is what to his cousins children?

from wiki

The degree (first, second, third cousin, etc.) indicates one less than the minimum number of generations between both cousins and the nearest common ancestor. For example, a person with whom one shares a grandparent (but not a parent) is a first cousin; someone with whom one shares a great-grandparent (but not a grandparent) is a second cousin; and someone with whom one shares a great-great-grandparent (but not a great-grandparent) is a third cousin; and so on.
The removal (once removed, twice removed, etc.) indicates the number of generations, if any, separating the two cousins from each other. The child of one's first cousin is one's first cousin once removed because the one generation separation represents one removal

dh is first cousin once removed to his cousin's children.
1st cousin = how close they are to each other/common ancestors,
once removed = they are one generation different from him.

I thought they were second cousins. My cousin's son is my first cousin once removed, and my children and and cousin's ds are second cousins, no?

This is all so complicated.

X posts kickassangel. Now I am not confused!

aaarrgh.

I'm with you pinkbasket. I have no siblings. Neither did my parents. it's all very relaxing.

and I don't have to have the buggers round for Xmas.

Aargh, sorry! I worked it out in relation to your dh.
kickassangel is right.

Kickass I want to kiss you! Sort of!
you have explained it really well

oh thanks, this is brilliant, i was trying to understand who was what to whom in our family! Nice one!