I want to know if it’s normal to Date a distant cousin? I’m not sure how the whole classification of 2nd, 3rd, & 4th cousins works.
My story:
I met this guy for the first time at my house with his uncle. I thought he was pretty cool so we started to hang out a lot and We got really close. I didn’t find out until afterwards that supposedly we were related. He is my father’s 1st cousin’s nephew. Would it be wrong to date him or no?
but otherwise, if his uncle is your father's first cousin, that means that his father or mother is also your father's first cousin. that means that two of his great grandparents are your great grandparents as well.
so he isn't really that distant. hope that helps alittle, or did i get something wrong?
The only way he could be related is if he was ur father's cousin's son.
Calling him ur dad's cousin's NEPHEW renders ur father's cousin's brother unrelated. If he was related, u'd just call him ur dad's cousin's son.
Complex as teh f**k? Basically he's unrelated unless u stuffed up the wording in the post.
pleaseeee
by the way, i'm not some kind of inbred, i'm just saying what's probably true in general
Now socially is a different stories. In a lot of societies relationships and marriages between cousins are a norm. But for some, they are not, and I'm only talking about first cousins. If you two are related, you are only distantly related. If you don't find it a problem and neither does your family, I don't see a problem with it. Whether you choose to divulge this information or not to strangers is up to you. If you find their reactions damaging, then it's not any of their businesses whether you are related to the nth degree or not.