<p>You can use '表舅', because he is your mother's '表哥'.</p>

<p>Basically I think there are three prefixes that you can add to relationship words: '亲' (directly/closely related, which is usually omitted), '堂', '表'. All your ancestors, siblings (that share at least father or mother with you), and descendant are '亲'. '堂' only refers to your father's brothers' children. In this way, your '堂' something should have the same family name with you (assuming all children using inherit their family names from their fathers). '表' is used for basically all other kins that have a common ancestor with you.</p>

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bfrguci
<p>This recently came up during a visa application, and we had a hard time coming to a definitive conclusion, even with Chinese family members :(</p>

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  <p>What is the preferred relationship title for "my mother's mother's big brother's son"?</p>
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<p>If it helps to narrow the scope, I'm interested in the mainland Mandarin convention. Also, the son is older than 'me' in this situation by a lot, say 40 years.</p>

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(1) Mother's mother is 外祖母. (2) 外祖母's brother is called 舅姥爷 or 表舅公. (3) 表舅公's son is called 表舅父 or 表舅舅. So, the answer is 表舅父.
Stan
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"uncle" in English.
zz22
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@zz22 In English, the correct term is "first cousin once removed."
rschwieb
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@Stan Thank you for suggesting a formal term. Is there an informal counterpart?
rschwieb
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@rschwieb 表舅 would be what you needed. But even in informal situations, 表舅舅/表舅父 doesn't sound too formal.
Stan
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@Stan Another thing: why aren't you writing a solution? On other stackexchange sites I participate in, solutions in the comments are frowned upon. And beyond that, it makes it look like you're unwilling to stand by your answer...
rschwieb
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@rschwieb because one-line answer is often automatically deemed by some algorithm as "of low quality", it annoys me so much.
Stan
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@Stan I'm sure you can make it more than one line by finding some reference that supports your solution.
rschwieb
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@rschwieb well I simply did it :) But could not find a **high-resolution** version of the family tree diagram with terms (sorry for my obsessive compulsive disorder and besides I don't have time to draw one by myself) – so after careful deliberation, I chose to leave it to other users ... OK let's stop ;) chatting in comments is another another thing that is frowned upon.
Stan
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What is the preferred relationship title for "my mother's mother's big brother's son"?
# What is the preferred relationship title for "my mother's mother's big brother's son"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-16)

This recently came up during a visa application, and we had a hard time coming to a definitive conclusion, even with Chinese family members :(

> What is the preferred relationship title for "my mother's mother's big brother's son"?

If it helps to narrow the scope, I'm interested in the mainland Mandarin convention. Also, the son is older than 'me' in this situation by a lot, say 40 years.

**Tags:** word-requests, terms-of-address

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: (1) Mother's mother is 外祖母. (2) 外祖母's brother is called 舅姥爷 or 表舅公. (3) 表舅公's son is called 表舅父 or 表舅舅. So, the answer is 表舅父.  
> **username_2**: "uncle" in English.  
> **username_0**: @username_2 In English, the correct term is "first cousin once removed."  
> **username_0**: @username_1 Thank you for suggesting a formal term. Is there an informal counterpart?  
> **username_1**: @username_0 表舅 would be what you needed. But even in informal situations, 表舅舅/表舅父 doesn't sound too formal.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 Another thing: why aren't you writing a solution? On other stackexchange sites I participate in, solutions in the comments are frowned upon. And beyond that, it makes it look like you're unwilling to stand by your answer...  
> **username_1**: @username_0 because one-line answer is often automatically deemed by some algorithm as "of low quality", it annoys me so much.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 I'm sure you can make it more than one line by finding some reference that supports your solution.  
> **username_1**: @username_0 well I simply did it :) But could not find a **high-resolution** version of the family tree diagram with terms (sorry for my obsessive compulsive disorder and besides I don't have time to draw one by myself) – so after careful deliberation, I chose to leave it to other users ... OK let's stop ;) chatting in comments is another another thing that is frowned upon.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2016-02-23. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

You can use '表舅', because he is your mother's '表哥'.

Basically I think there are three prefixes that you can add to relationship words: '亲' (directly/closely related, which is usually omitted), '堂', '表'. All your ancestors, siblings (that share at least father or mother with you), and descendant are '亲'. '堂' only refers to your father's brothers' children. In this way, your '堂' something should have the same family name with you (assuming all children using inherit their family names from their fathers). '表' is used for basically all other kins that have a common ancestor with you.


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