The Cousins Charts

Did you ever go to a family gathering and try to figure out how you are related to that person sitting next to you? How should you refer to them? Are they second cousins to me? Are we second cousins once removed? What does that mean anyway? If you are my mother's first cousin, what do we call each other? If you are my mother's second cousin, what are we then? You get the idea. The charts below may help some.

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