A cousin in English kinship terminology is a relative with whom one shares a common grandparent or more distant ancestor, and who is not in one's own line of descent. The term cousin never applies where there are other specific terms to describe relationships. These specific terms involve one's ancestors (mother, father, and all forms of grandparent) and their siblings (all forms of aunt and uncle), one's own descendants (child, grandchild, etc.), and one's own siblings (brother, sister) and their descendants (all forms of niece and nephew). A system of degrees and removes is used to describe the relationship between the two cousins and the ancestor they have in common. The degree (first, second, third cousin, etc.) indicates the minimum number of generations separating either of the cousins from the common ancestor; the remove (once removed, twice removed, etc.) indicates the number of generations, if any, separating the two cousins from each other. In this system, the child of one's aunt or uncle is one's first cousin. The child of one's first cousin is one's first cousin once removed. The system can handle kinships going back many generations. In 2004, genealogists discovered that U.S. Presidential candidates George W. Bush and John Kerry shared a common ancestral couple in the 1500s. It was reported that the two men are sixteenth cousins, three times removed. Non-genealogical usage often eliminates the degrees and removes, and refers to people with common ancestors merely as cousins or distant cousins.
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Uncle may refer to: A family relationship, either the brother of a parent or the husband of a sister of a parent; see Cousin A cry of surrender A title of respect for elders (for example neighbours, acquaintances, as well as total strangers), especially in India and China A personal honorary title bestowed upon certain individuals of any gender An idiom: Dutch uncle, a person who delivers stern lectures Uncle Sam, a national personification of the United States Uncle Tom, a pejorative term for a black person who plays up to racial stereotypes Uncle Tom Cobley, a British folk saying meaning 'etcetera' A person: Uncle Miltie, a nickname for Milton Berle 'Uncle Joe', a nickname for Joseph Stalin given by the Western media Blind Uncle Gaspard Royal Uncle Cao, a Chinese deity Uncle Charlie Osborne, a musician from the Appalachian Mountains Uncle Dave Macon, American musician Uncle Fester (author), the penname of Steve Preisler Uncle Henry (commentator), a radio and television commentator Uncle Kracker, American musician Uncle Ned Kennedy, an American cowboy Uncle Tupelo, American music group A book: Uncle Vanya, a play by Anton Chekhov Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel about slavery, by Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Dynamite, a book by P.G. Wodehouse Uncle Wiggily, a series of children's books Uncle series of children's books Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, a memoir by Oliver Sacks Uncle John's Bathroom Reader My Uncle Oswald, an adult novel written by Roald Dahl
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