â¢ POSITIVE (noun) The noun POSITIVE has 1 sense: 1. a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject. Familiarity information: POSITIVE used as a noun is very rare. â¢ POSITIVE (adjective) The adjective POSITIVE has 11 senses: 1. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
A fourth cousin is someone in a family who shares the same great-great-great-grandparents. First cousins share the same grandparents and second cousins have the same great-grandparents. Ordinal numbers of cousins are in the same generation as each other. For instance, all of the children of siblings are first cousins.
Prepared by Elisabeth Lindsay. A distant cousin, also known as a collateral cousin, is a family member with whom you share a common ancestor, often many generations back. Close cousins are, by contrast, cousins one is likely to be acquainted with, descendant's of one's own grandparents, for example, the children of your aunts and uncles. The exact relationship between oneself and a distant cousin can often be determined through a relationship chart.