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MadMaddyEver t1_j643kqa wrote

It stops at “her husband’s brother”. Her husband is your cousin once removed in law, but his brother is no relation to you, likewise his brother’s step daughter is no relation to you

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twotall88 t1_j645jsa wrote

>My dad has a cousin and she has a son which is my second cousin.

Your dad's cousin is actually your 1st cousin once removed.

This chart makes it really easy to follow familial relationship from your perspective: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb6661d8dfc8c1836526d3a/7c86c5ef-d858-4f66-8d00-c6d3c34cfdc6/Family+Relationship+CHART

You're only related to the not biological kid by legal ties. You could marry that step daughter without issues.

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Mobile-Winner6911 OP t1_j647y62 wrote

What would she be then? Just legal ties or something else?

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twotall88 t1_j648isc wrote

Your explanation is actually a bit confusing. State it again with only relevant people to the relation you want to know.

This is my attempt at it: your first cousin once removed has a husband who has a brother that has a step daughter?

You have no relation to the step daughter, not even a legal one. Your relation stops at your first cousin once removed husband who is your first cousin once removed by marriage.

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frustrated_staff t1_j645t7s wrote

You are not related in any way that can be deduced from the information provided. It's entirely possible that you're, like, 7th-cousins, 14 times removed or something, but without a much more extensive family tree, it's impossible to say that you are related in any way other than by double-marriage (which I'm assuming doesn't count in this scenario)

Edit: correcting an assumption

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tomalator t1_j6469q0 wrote

There's not really a word for it, and there's no biological relation for two reasons.

  1. It's a step child (no biological relationship because the child was brought into the family by marriage)

  2. It's an in-law (no biological relationship because the child's father was brought into the family by marriage)

Either one of these would be sufficient to say you're not biologically related

Best I could give you would be step 2nd cousin in-law.

If she wasn't a step child, she'd be 2nd cousin in-law.

If she was your 2nd cousin's step sibling, she'd be step 2nd cousin.

I'd keep it simple and just say 2nd cousin. You'd only really need to be more specific if you were donating an organ or getting married to her.

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Mobile-Winner6911 OP t1_j646m9c wrote

Im only asking cuz she been sending some signs and I’ve been ignoring them cuz I’m not sure if we’re related

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