I haven’t participated Saturday Night Genealogy Fun lately but I came across this one and it seemed interesting so here is a tally of my 1st cousins, 2nd cousins and several degrees of removed cousins. I am several weeks late but you can find the original challenge at the link above.
1) Take both sets of your grandparents and figure out how many first cousins you have, and how many first cousins removed (a child or grandchild of a first cousin) you have.
My Paternal Side

My father had 6 siblings. His three brothers had no children. His oldest sister had 1 son. His 2nd sister had 4 children and his youngest sister had 2 daughters. I have 7 first cousins on this side.


- Warren has 2 daughters. They have a total of 6 children.
- Jan has 3 daughters and 1 son. They have a total of 4 children.
- Ernest has 2 children.No grandchildren.
- Anna has 4 children. No grandchildren.
- Maria has 2 children. No grandchildren.
- Dale has 1 child. Unknown number of grandchildren.
I have 14 1st cousins x removed on this side and 10 cousins 2X removed here.

My Maternal Side
My mother had three siblings. Both of her brothers died as children. Her sister had 3 daughters.
- Dee Dee has 3 children. They have 8 children.
- Barbara has 2 children. They have 5 children.
- Marilyn has 1 son. He has 1 son who has 1 son.
I have 3 first cousins on this side, 6 cousins 1X removed and 14 cousins 2X removed. This makes a grand total for me of 10 first cousins, 22 1st cousins 1X removed and 24 cousins 2 X removed.

2) Extra Credit: Take all four sets of your great-grandparents and figure out how many second cousins you have, and how many second cousins once removed you have.

My maternal grandmother had 2 sisters. Neither of them married or had children. My maternal grandfather had 3 siblings. Only 1, his sister, had children. She had 4 children. My mother had 4 first cousins. That gives me 4 1st cousins 1X removed and 4 2nd cousins. The family lost contact with my grandfather’s sister and I don’t know how many cousins I have on that side in future generations.
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My paternal grandmother Pearl Reed Cleage had 7 siblings.
- Josephine had 2 children. Unfortunately the family lost contact with those children after 1900.
- Sarah had 9 children. Between them, they had 14 children.
- Louise had 2 children. They had 6 children.
- Hugh had 4 children. They had 13 children.
- Minnie had 12 children. They had 30 children.

My father had 29 1st cousins on his mother’s side. He had 63 1st cousins 1X removed on his mother’s side. Josie’s Branch disappeared. That gives me 63 known 2nd cousins on this side.

My paternal grandfather Albert B. Cleage had 4 siblings. Henry had 3 children. Edward had 6 children. Josie had 5 children. My father had 14 1st cousins on his father’s side. He had 30 1st cousin 1X removed. That gives me 30 2nd cousins on this side.
So, on my father’s side I have 43 1st cousins 1X removed and 93 2nd cousins. On my mother’s side I have 4 1st cousins 1X removed and 4 second cousins making a combined total of 47 1st cousins once removed and 97 2nd cousins.