I have second cousins who I share first cousins with, is there a term/way to define this relation?

Question

I got this question this morning...

"I have second cousins in another province (our fathers are cousins) but their mother is also the [sister] to my aunt(father’s sister)’s husband, so my aunt’s kids are first cousins to my sister and I as well as the above mentioned second cousins. I was able to find information pertaining to relations concerning two pairs of siblings marrying each other, but could not find anything on a pair of siblings marrying a pair of cousins, so I have no idea how this relation would be defined. As I am also not in the direct relation, this adds further confusion to how I would define my relation to these second cousins. I usually refer to them as second cousins but was curious if there was a way to define this exact relation."

Ideas? suggestions?

Mags

Answer 1

Does this come close to answering your question, and I cheated by browsing the net...."Double cousins..... arise when two siblings of one family mate with two siblings of another family."

Comments

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin]

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Cheat? If this is cheating then good!

Mags

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I just wanted to add...

My Grandfather and his brother married sisters. My Father and his brother also married sisters.

So, both sets of kids from those marriages are commonly referred to as Double 1st Cousins. So, I just wanted to add on be sure you note that distinction. I didn't read the article first but in case it doesn't mention that....this type of thing happened in the mid-south area when lands were being settled.

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Thank-you for your response Gigi