{"id":115,"date":"2008-08-06T09:11:43","date_gmt":"2008-08-06T16:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pulskamp.org\/blog\/2008\/08\/06\/what-kind-of-cousin-are-you\/"},"modified":"2008-08-06T15:32:45","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T22:32:45","slug":"what-kind-of-cousin-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pulskamp.org\/blog\/2008\/08\/06\/what-kind-of-cousin-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What Kind of Cousin Are You?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Generally, a cousin is a person who shares with you a common ancestor. Specifically, we use the word cousin to describe the children of your parents\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 siblings (your aunts and uncles). That was not always the case. Prior to the Civil War, the term “cousin” referred to any relative or to friends and neighbors you knew well enough to greet with a kiss.<\/p>\n

FIRST COUSIN<\/strong>
\nYou are first cousins if your common ancestor is your grandparent. Your parents are siblings, brothers or sisters. This is the easy one. Most of us probably know our first cousins. (I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have any first cousins in the Pulskamp family because my dad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s brother and sister had no children.)<\/p>\n

SECOND COUSIN<\/strong>
\nYou are second cousins if your common ancestor is your great-grandparent. For example, my great-grandparents were John Bernard Pulskamp and Mary Klei Pulskamp. They had seven children, four of whom had children. Barry Edward Pulskamp is my second cousin. His dad, Eugene, and my dad, John Joseph, were first cousins so we are second cousins.<\/p>\n

\"Second<\/a><\/p>\n

THIRD COUSIN<\/strong>
\nYou are third cousins if your common ancestor is your great-great grandparent. For example, my great-great-grandparents were Henry Theodore John Pulskamp and Frederika Louise Schaefer Pulskamp. Megan Christine Pulskamp is my third cousin. Her dad, Vincent is my dad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s second cousin. Her grandfather, Vincent Joseph Pulskamp, is my grandfather’s first cousin. Her great-grandfather, George Henry Pulskamp is my grandfather\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s uncle.<\/p>\n

\"Third<\/a><\/p>\n

FOURTH COUSIN<\/strong><\/p>\n

You are fourth cousins if your common ancestor is your great-great-great-grandparents. Now were getting some distance here! For example, Stacia Anne Foss is my fourth cousin. Her mom, Mary Ann Doll Foss, is my dad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s third cousin. Stacia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s grandmother, Leona Doll, is my grandfather\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s second cousin. Her great-grandfather, William Joseph Pulskamp is my great-grandfather\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cousin. Her great-great-grandfather, Gerhard George Pulskamp is the brother of my great-great-grandfather, Henry Theodore John Pulskamp.<\/p>\n

\"Fourth<\/a><\/p>\n

What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s this \u00e2\u20ac\u0153removed\u00e2\u20ac\u009d business all about?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The degree (first cousin, second cousin, third cousin, etc.) is determined by the shortest distance from the common ancestor. The level of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153removed\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is determined by the distance between the generations of the two cousins.<\/p>\n

COUSIN ONCE REMOVED<\/strong>
\nWhere does the term \u00e2\u20ac\u0153once removed\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153twice removed\u00e2\u20ac\u009d come in? Cousins who are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153removed\u00e2\u20ac\u009d are from different generations of the same family. For example, Patricia Gallagher O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Hara is my second cousin, once removed. Our common ancestors, Henry Theodore John Pulskamp and Frederika Louise Schaefer Pulskamp are Patricia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great-grandparents and my great-great-grandparents. Patricia and my dad are second cousins. Patricia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s children are my third cousins, but Patricia and I are second cousins once removed.<\/p>\n

\"Second<\/a><\/p>\n

COUSIN TWICE REMOVED<\/strong>
\nCousins who are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153twice removed\u00e2\u20ac\u009d are two generations apart on the family tree. For example, Victor J. Pulskamp is my second cousin twice removed. Our common ancestors, Herman Heinrich Pulskamp and Maria Katherine Steinke Pulskamp (the parents who brought the family to Indiana in 1845) are Victor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great-grandparents and my great-great-great-grandparents. My grandfather, Henry John Pulskamp, was Victor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s second cousin.<\/p>\n

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Second Cousins Twice Removed<\/a><\/p>\n

WHAT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S A KISSING COUSIN?<\/strong>
\nThis is a term with several different meanings.
\nA \u00e2\u20ac\u0153kissing cousin\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is a cousin who is far enough apart on the family tree to allow marriage. Generally, marriage is allowed for fourth cousins.
\nOr, a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153kissing cousin\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is a relative you know well enough to greet with a kiss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Generally, a cousin is a person who shares with you a common ancestor. Specifically, we use the word cousin to describe the children of your parents\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 siblings (your aunts and uncles). That was not always the case. Prior to the Civil War, the term “cousin” referred to any relative or to friends and neighbors you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pulskamps-today","category-world-wide-gathering-of-the-pulskamps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pulskamp.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pulskamp.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pulskamp.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pulskamp.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pulskamp.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pulskamp.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pulskamp.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pulskamp.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pulskamp.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}