Hi All,

Legally, Mexican codes define and accept three kinds of relationships: 
consanguinity (related by blood) 
affinity (acquired by marriage) 
civil (by adoption) 

I found a good link that explains this.  Please see it below: 
http://www.dropby.com/indexLF.html?content=/Genealogia/parentesco.html 

On the real world, however, Guillermo is right.  Any kid from one of your cousins is your nephew/niece and he can call you tío/tía.

Victor 

Guillermo,

Take a look at one of these charts to see what "cousin once removed 
means"?

http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/cousins.htm
http://www.heirsearch.com/table.htm
http://stellar-one.com/genealogy/cousins.htm

The charts all basically show the same thing...

Angie

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Guillermo Valdez <valhdez@y...> wrote:
> Being born and raised in Mexico I can tell you what I
> know. I hope it is simple to understand. Any cousin of
> your parents, regardless of the level (1st, 2nd, etc)
> represents yout tio or tia (uncle or aunt). There is
> no limit as far as I know. 
> 
> Also, can anybody now explain to a mexican person what
> a "cousin once removed means"?
> 
> Guillermo.
>