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In Italy I grew up calling many people simply cousins or uncles and I have called my 1st Cousin's Spouse's brother (1) a cousin all along. I am just curious to know whether according to normal family relationship conventions I can even call him a cousin of sorts. Can you please shed some light on what my relationship to him would be called?

My relationship to said relative

Fiztban
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    Please see Seeking English term for relationship between two members of extended family?. Questions of this kind are usually closed as duplicates because the answer is invariably: there is no specific name for this relationship. You could call him your cousin's brother-in-law. Of course he's not a cousin by blood, but if you want to call him a cousin that's fine. – Harry V. Mar 22 '17 at 00:24
  • The cousin's brother in-law was my best guess. Its just these didn't seem covered in any direct manner. – Fiztban Mar 22 '17 at 00:28
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    The colloquial English expression for someone distantly related or related only by marriage is "shirt-tail relative". It's perfectly okay to call him a cousin in everyday conversation. If you are doing DNA or formal genealogy, then you can specify just as you have done in the question. See http://www.legalgenealogist.com/2015/02/23/that-particular-relative/ or http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-shi5.htm – Jan Murphy Mar 22 '17 at 01:37

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