To put it into perspective, while first cousins share grandparents, second cousins connect a generation further back: the great-grandparents. Imagine it like this: If you're looking at your own family ...

You and your first cousins share one set of grandparents. (A “cousin-german,” by the way, comes from “cousin germain,” which is French for first cousin.) Double First Cousins ...

Fourth and fifth cousins follow the same progression. Double Cousins: When two siblings in one family marry two siblings from another family and each couple has a child. These are called double ...

When a set of siblings from one family marries a set of siblings from another family, their kids are not only first cousins; they're also double first cousins. These lucky kids have both sets of ...

If you’re like us, meeting long-lost cousin Bill at your family reunion is nice and all, but hearing he’s your “second cousin once removed” leaves you just as confused as ever.