A cousin is a relative who is the child of a parent's sibling A child of a person's aunt or uncle, or, more generally, a distant (= not close) relation This is more specifically referred to as a first cousin
A parent of a first cousin is an aunt or uncle. A patrilineal or paternal cousin is a father’s niece or nephew, and a matrilineal or maternal cousin a mother’s. Cousin, a person whose last common ancestor with a given individual is at least two generations away
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