https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:28:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-461419 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:41:58 +0000 dagret 461419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first cousins once removed call me by my name. So do DH's. but he has at least one first cousin he calls "aunt" bc she's so much older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-461362 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 04:40:24 +0000 SugarplumsMom 461362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh and I think DD will call her auntie :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-461361 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 04:37:22 +0000 SugarplumsMom 461361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: @MediaNaranja: @MaisyMay: @Sweet T: I didn't know what it was called at first until my cousin kept asking, so I had to look it up.</p> <p>Once-removed is about the generation. So my parent's sibling's kids are my first cousins. But the kids of my cousins are my cousin's once-removed. If I had an older cousin that had a baby at a young age and in turn had a baby of her own, that baby would be my cousin twice-removed.</p> <p>As for my own younger cousin, my DD and her are cousins once-removed. But when/if she has any kids, our kids would be 2nd cousins.</p> <p>Whew. Wiki explains it better ;D<br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-448186 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:34:34 +0000 Mrs. Blue 448186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My cousins' kids generally call me Cousin ___ or Aunt _____. I would be fine with them just calling me by my name, but their parents generally want them to use some title to be more respectful to adults. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-448162 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:00:52 +0000 ALV91711 448162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My cousins kids call me by my first name and my LO will call my cousins by their first names. Doesn't matter how many times they are removed. And pretty much I just refer to them all as cousins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-448155 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:54:42 +0000 loveisstrange 448155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just cousins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-448148 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:45:47 +0000 cvbee 448148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>cousin</p> <p>but thanks for this post....i always wondered what the 'proper' term for this relationship was </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-448141 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:40:31 +0000 Sweet T 448141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaisyMay: I have no idea what makes them "removed" either! </p> <p>I call all of my cousins by their first names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-448072 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:03:40 +0000 Weagle 448072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Either aunt/uncle or just their names. Whatever the cousin prefers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-448032 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:43:35 +0000 tororojo 448032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use first names and refer to them as plain ole cousins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-447686 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:29:41 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 447686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaisyMay: me either! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-447678 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:27:39 +0000 travelgirl1 447678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just by their name. A has 9 real aunts and 8 real uncles so no one else is getting that title. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-447647 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:17:52 +0000 Bao 447647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've always just called my cousins (whether they are first or second cousins), by their names...LO will most likely too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-447643 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:16:22 +0000 MaisyMay 447643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can never remember what makes it "once removed" so I'd probably just go with cousin and call her by her first name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-447453 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:45:28 +0000 T-Mom 447453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids call my cousins aunts and uncles, and they call my cousins kids their cousins. I don't know what I would do if they were actually closer in age though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-447444 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:42:29 +0000 MediaNaranja 447444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Revel: Pretty much the same here. They're all just cousins. I don't even know what this once-twice-whatever removed business is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-447439 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:39:23 +0000 Mrs.Someone 447439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cousin, regardless of age. I have cousins from age 90+ down to newborn! Aunts are my parents' sisters only. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-447436 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:38:11 +0000 Revel 447436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd call them by their name. We just consider everyone cousins, regardless of generations. I can never keep the rest of the rules straight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-447434 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:38:05 +0000 Mrsbells 447434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO will call my cousins aunt &amp; uncle, even if they are close in age.<br /> I think some people have misread the question </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-447421 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:34:29 +0000 birdofafeather 447421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>cousin </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-446711 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:36:22 +0000 MamaMoose 446711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Either just their name or Cousin Name. For some reason we usually say cousin in front of the name in my family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-446698 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:24:27 +0000 Adira 446698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cousins are cousins, whether they are removed or not! I just call all my cousins (first, second, first removed, etc) by their names, so my kids will do the same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-446692 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:14:47 +0000 Chillybear 446692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my cousin who we grew up like sisters just had a baby and she's my godchild and she'll probably call me Aunt Stephanie but i wouldn't be bothered if she called me Cousin Stephanie </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-446671 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:50:00 +0000 blackbird 446671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think they'd technically be second cousins? My cousin's kids are just my cousins to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-446668 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:47:24 +0000 Smurfette 446668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably just their names. My one cousin has her kids call us Aunt and Uncle but the other ones don't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-446646 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:30:47 +0000 T.H.O.U. 446646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think my mom called them "Auntie" but I am not close to any of mine so I'm not sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-446642 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:23:57 +0000 heffalump 446642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cousin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-446637 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:14:42 +0000 sorrycharlie 446637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just their names :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-446620 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:39:19 +0000 SAHM0811 446620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>aunties and uncles! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-first-cousin-once-removed#post-446615 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:24:53 +0000 SugarplumsMom 446615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a much younger first cousin and she's wondering what my LO will call her. "First cousin once removed" is way too long and formal (imo) to say everyday. Maybe we'll stick to <i>auntie</i>?</p> <p>What does/will your LO call your first cousins? </p>