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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 08:30 PM
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Poll question: Cousins











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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 08:55 PM
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1. got none or so few and far removed might as well not have any
My parents were orphans.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 08:59 PM
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2. Not as much as I want to.
We always have so much fun together. But we're all off living our lives.
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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 09:00 PM
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3. That poor little girl!
No little girl cousins to play with. :(
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 10:24 PM
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8. Don't worry
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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 10:28 PM
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10. Glad it looks a little more even.
:)
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 11:11 PM
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11. Every her can kick every him
Edited on Mon Mar-28-11 11:16 PM by Ptah
: ouch:
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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 10:48 AM
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18. lol....good survival skills.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 09:03 PM
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4. Used to be closer, but...
just not a lot in common between us now.

They are all married w/families and cubicle jobs. I'm still single, self-employed musician...the black sheep, if you will.

Plus, most of them have moved far away.
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Luciferous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 09:03 PM
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5. My mom's side of the family- holidays. Dad's side- weddings and funerals.
My grandparents on my Dad's side are now gone, and they were the ones who got everyone together for the holidays, so now I barely see them.
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JTG of the PRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 09:40 PM
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6. I'd love to spend more time with my cousins. The problem is distance.
A third of them live in Colorado, another third live in Ohio, and the last third live in Florida. So, I really only see those cousins every couple of years. It's a shame, too, because we're all a little insane, so it's a lot of fun to hang out with the whole family. :)
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dimbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 09:51 PM
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7. Ditto. Very cool cousins but way far away.
Interesting following their life tracks. Skew/parallel what with that half consanguinity.

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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 10:26 PM
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9. They all live in Europe. I barely know them.
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DebJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:34 AM
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12. I have more cousins now...or know of them...than when I was
young. I've met quite a few on the internet through genealogy research, and we keep in touch. Most are second cousins or first cousins once removed, but I even found a first cousin of my mother's she never knew was born (and she's almost 50 now I think).
We use Facebook and email and have become genuinely affectionate.

And I'm meeting up with most of my first cousins next month for the first time since a funeral in 1990. We're all going out to lunch at a central location. Makes me very happy. Nothing beats family. Nothing.
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 03:53 AM
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13. Some are great folk I never see. Others are wackos I don't much want to see. And the
rest are wackos I really like a lot
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 06:42 AM
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14. funerals .. and then only by phone & flower (pic)
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 09:34 AM
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15. I voted Weddings & Funerals, but that's only half right.
I'm never invited to weddings.
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blueamy66 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 09:51 AM
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16. through Facebook
nt
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 10:33 AM
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17. Both my parents were only-children.
My g/f has 45 cousins on her dad's side alone.
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 12:02 PM
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19. Now that we're adults, weddings and funerals
When I was little, I had a million cousins. Family gatherings were kid-laden pandemonium. They're still out there, but don't ask me where. I run into them in the supermarket occasionally.

I miss my mom's brother's grandkids especially; we grew up together but now we never see one another, even though two them are still in the area and the third is only a few hours away.
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