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# The following relationships are considered relationships between someone of a second generation with someone one generation apart (sheni b'shelishi): | # The following relationships are considered relationships between someone of a second generation with someone one generation apart (sheni b'shelishi): | ||
## A cousin to a descendant of a cousin | ## A cousin to a descendant of a cousin | ||
# The following relationships are considered second order relationships (shelishi b'shelishi): | |||
## Second cousins | |||
# The halacha is that the first four categories described above are relatives and may not testify together. There is a dispute if the fifth category is considered a relative, Sephardim holding it isn't and Ashkenazim holding it is, and the sixth category certainly isn't a relative. <ref>Shulchan Aruch CM 33:2</ref> | |||
==Related Pages== | ==Related Pages== |