What is the relationship between you and your uncle's aunt's daughter's daughter?

Answer 1

2nd cousins. It's less complicated than it sounds.

Imagine people in horizontal lines over your head. We're going to go up - then along - then down, to a new column to your second cousin.

All of this assumes your parents - and their parents - had lots boys and girls. If they didn't, just think in terms of a genderless 'child' or 'children'.

Okay, your Uncle, now he's in the same generation as your mother or father, as he's simply the brother of your mother or your father.

So, imagine those people standing next to each other on this line above your head. That's a whole generation above you; your mother and father, and their brothers and sisters.

Now imagine their parents as a row of people above theirheads. There will only be four people in that line (so far), and they're all your grandparents.

Got it? Okay. (We're still up to the 'Uncle' part of the question. Hold tight.)

Your Uncle's Aunt is simply a sister of your grandmother or grandfather. If it helps, you could just as easily say your father's aunt is a sister of your grandmother or grandfather, or your mother's aunt is a sister of your grandmother or grandfather.

Either way, she is your great-aunt, a sister of one of your grandparents.

Now, lets think about those lines above your head. Your Uncle is above you, standing next to your parents. Your grandparents are above them.

So, we're going to move along this imaginary grid and away from your head. Over to one side of your four grandparents, we're going to add all their brothers and sisters. One of these women is this 'great-aunt'.

Now we're going down a generation, to your great aunt's children (the first 'daughter' in the question). Very Important: They are on the same generational line as your mother and father, and your uncles and aunts. These children are first cousins to your mother and father, and to your uncles and aunts.

These children, your parent's first cousins (as well as your Uncle's first cousins) - have children (one of whom is the second 'daughter' of the question), so go down another generation. This is now back to the same line you're standing on.

And in relationship terms, they're your secondcousins.

To make the question a bit clearer, it would be the same thing to ask: What is my relationship to my Grandfather's sister's grandchild? (Up > along > down.)

Still confused? Draw a picture based on the above. It will help you visually.

Still confused after that? Then don't look up your family tree.

Answer 2

Your great, great uncle's daughter is your parent's second cousin and your second cousin, once removed.