Note: The phrase "once removed", "twice removed", "6 times remove" and even "9 times removed" is used above.  It refers to individuals who are not direct cousins.  For example you may have a first cousin.  This would be the child of your aunt or uncle.  If your first cousin has child and you have a child these children would be second cousins.  But you would be a first cousin, once removed to the child of your first cousin and they would be first cousin, once removed to you.  It sounds a little confusing, but it really is not.   Usually the amount of times someone is said to be removed from another cousin equates to a generation.  A generation is usually about 20 years, but of course can be longer or shorter.  The length of a generation is getting longer because now people are marrying and having children at a later age.   Also because people have children at different ages Prince Felipe is actually a direct 21st cousin to Calvin Coolidge (although he was born 96 years before Prince Felipe), but a 22nd Cousin once removed to Brooke Shields who is only 3 years older than him.

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