A second cousin is a relative who shares a common great-grandparent but is not a sibling or first cousin. This means that your second cousin’s parent is a first cousin of one of your parents.
Second cousins belong to the same extended family but are typically less closely related than first cousins.
While they share a portion of their genetic heritage, they are usually not as closely connected as siblings or first cousins and may have less frequent contact with each other, depending on family dynamics and geographic proximity.