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Old 10-23-2008, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Still BLUTANG View Post
slight hijack

what does "once removed" mean? i've heard and seen it several times but never completely understood the concept.
See post 49 above:
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In this sense, removed means they are of a different generation than you. My aunts and uncles children are my first cousins. My first cousins' kids are my first cousins once removed, because they are not from my generation, they are one generation off from me.
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