The fifth degree definition
The fifth degree means any person by blood, adoption, or marriage as follows: a spouse, or a surviving spouse, child, grandchild, great-grandchild, parent, grandparent, great- grandparent, great-great grandparent, sibling, nephew or niece, grand nephew or grand niece, great-grand nephew or great-grand niece, uncle or aunt, great uncle or great aunt, great-grand uncle or great-grand aunt, first cousin, or first cousin once removed.