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[madzonie]

I've been digging around the internet to try to find an answer, but am frustrated at this point.

My question is:

What/who is my mother's niece's daughter's daughter to me?  

I know the niece is my first cousin.  I then thought HER daughter was my 2nd cousin, and HER daughter my 3rd cousin.

But I seem to remember years ago that one is supposed to use the terms like "once removed" and so forth.

Any ideas from you experts? :-)  

[Desertdi]

She is your first cousin once removed

[CelticCrafter]

Your first cousins grandchild is your first cousin, twice removed.

[Plaid Pants2]

She would be your first cousin once removed.

[madzonie]

Interesting info folks!  Thanks for the replies.  I see 2 different options already...lol

For everyday purposes, I think I'll just refer to the young woman as my cousin.  

I find geneaolgy fascinating, but feel so uninformed when it comes to building family trees and lineages!

[Still Raining]

Your mother and the neice's parent must be siblings and share parents.  Moving down one generation, you and the niece are first cousins since you share grandparents. 

From there you are moving between generations, so you and the neice's child are first cousins once removed.  Going one further down, you and the neices's grandchild are first cousins twice removed and to this person you are also a first cousin twice removed.

Your child and the neice's child would be second cousins and share great-grandparents.  Your grand-child and the neice's grand-child would be third cousins and share great-great-grandparents.

I had an aunt locate some fourth cousins once and invite them over to Thanksgiving.  I think they only came out of curiosity.  Now I think about it, she wasn't really an aunt, it was her mother who was my mother's aunt.  So if they were my non-aunt's fourth cousins, what were they to me?    I  Just  Can't

[Qcloudy]

Google "Relationship Chart." There are many out there, all easy to use and very clear.

[walkingal]

Yes, I would say she is your third cousin.  I don't like and I never use the term "once removed" etc.  I have a few second and third cousins, and I would never refer to them as once, twice, third removed. 

[sidsmom]

(Sorry...the website is wonky...can't format a C/P)

A quick Google search produced this from ancestry.com:

Your uncle is the brother of your father or mother.

Your aunt is the sister of your father or mother.

Your great uncle (or grand uncle) is the brother of your grandfather or grandmother.

Your great aunt is the sister of your grandfather or grandmother.

Your great-great uncle is the brother of your great-grandfather or great- grandmother.

Your great-great aunt is the sister of your great-grandfather or great- grandmother.

Your first cousin is the child of your aunt or uncle.

Your second cousin is the grandchild of your great aunt or great uncle. (If two people are first cousins, the children of each of the people will be second cousins.)

Your third cousin is the great-grandchild of your great-great uncle or great-great aunt. (Children of 2nd cousins, are 3rd cousins to each other.)

Your first cousin, once removed, is the child of your first cousin or is the child of your great uncle or great aunt. (See also REMOVED COUSINS)

If someone is your first cousin, then his or her child is your first cousin once removed. (Once removed means one generation level different from you.) All your regular cousins (first, second, etc.) are at the same generation level as yourself. Those at different levels are "removed." If someone is YOUR first cousin once removed, then you are HIS or HER first cousin once removed also. Your second cousin once removed is the child of your second cousin. Your first cousin twice removed is the child of your first cousin once removed (i.e. the grandchild of your first cousin). Your second cousin twice removed is the child of your second cousin once removed (i.e. the grandchild of your second cousin).

REMOVED COUSINS: If two people are some type of cousins, but they are at different generation levels, then here is the way to compute their relationship.
Count how many generation levels they are apart. This is the number they are "removed."

Start with the one at the highest generation level (the older level) and count how many generations up you must go to find the brothers or sisters that are the ancestors of these cousins. This is the "FIRST" or "SECOND" or "THIRD" part of the cousin relationship.

[madzonie]

WOW!  Thanks Still Raining!  That was very helpful!