#replying to tags on a reblog from me alkfdsalk | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

whetstonefires · 7 months ago

Text

for the record your mom's first cousin isn't your aunt, she's your first cousin once removed. her kids are your second cousins.

your aunts are your parents' sisters, or the wives of your parents' siblings.

english doesn't make much distinction between the paternal and maternal relations and is weirdly inconsistent about how relations-by-marriage work, but it's got a nice precise numerical coordinate system for the consanguinity of cousins. it's all based on nearest shared ancestor; very scientific; you can tell genealogists got involved.

unfortunately as a result hardly anybody understands how to apply it.

#hoc est meum #replying to tags on a reblog from me alkfdsalk #didn't want to inflict that on the post op #the mother of your cousin once removed #is a great-aunt #assuming no half-siblings your great-aunt's parents are your great-grandparents #and her sibling is your grandparent #and she's your mother's aunt #aunt and uncle status requires a very specific type of diagonal relationship #you retain aunt privileges in a direct generational chain downward along the nibling's line #but your heirs don't inherit that; they are cousins

146 notes · View notes