How many Cousins do you have??
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
Banks, Oregon
August 1, 2019 3:36pm CST
As the saying goes cousins are the first friends we have in life, and I have been lucky to have always been close to mine, and I consider my first cousin Audrey my best friend.
On my mom's side I grew up having 9 cousins, anytime I went up to my Grandparents house I would see my Aunt Peggy's four kids and my Uncle Roy's son, My Uncle Leo was a late in life child for my Grandparents so though technically he was my Uncle he was more like a cousin as he was the same age as my brother, and younger then two of our cousins. My other three cousins i would spend alot of time with aswell my Uncle Willie's kids i would spend alot of time with them aswell.... one cousin i didn't see much till i was older was my Uncle Roy's son Steve because he was raised by his maternal grandparents as there own son,
On dad's side i was raise knowing only three cousins, i was never particularly close with them as my Aunt Judi's daughter was so much older then me, and my Uncle George's son and daughter i saw every once in awhile but they always felt more like distance cousins then first cousins.
Fast forward to now i have two more first cousin on my Mom's side as my Uncle Leo now has two kids of his own whom are much younger then the rest of us cousins, so they have grew up more with my neices and nephews, and my other first cousins children, which are of course my 1st cousins 1x removed.
And on Dad's side as a adult i discovered my Uncle George had two more daughters one with his first wife, and one with a girlfriend he had that he never knew about till a DNA test proved the relationship.
and here is my Official Cousin Breakdown
Mom's Side:
11 First Cousins
17 First Cousins 1x Removed (Children of my First Cousins)
38 First Cousins 1x Removed (First Cousins of My Mother)
85 2nd Cousins (Grandchildren of my Grandparent's siblings)
Dad's Side:
5 First Cousins
12 First Cousins 1x Removed (Children of my First Cousins)
37 First Cousins 1x Removed (First Cousins of My Father)
62 2nd Cousins (Grandchildren of my Grandparent's siblings)
And that's just some of them!!!! <3
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
1 Aug 19
Most of them are pretty awesome.....
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@sissy15 (12512)
• United States
5 Aug 19
I couldn't even get into the amount I have. My mom's side I have about 13ish first cousins and on my dad's it's about 35 first cousins...after that it would take some serious math and science to figure it all out. I was never close to any of my cousins growing up and most of them were a lot older than me. I do remember being semi close to a first cousin 1x removed for a bit while my aunt was watching her because her brother was going through cancer treatments and we spent a lot of time at my aunt's when I was a kid. Both of my parents come from very large families so I have more cousins than I could even try to get into.
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@sissy15 (12512)
• United States
6 Aug 19
@chrissbergstrom I was never really close to any of my cousins mostly because they were all older than me most of them by quite a bit but there were four close to my age but we just never saw them much. I was closer to my older nieces and nephews who were around our age because my siblings are quite a bit older than me and my brother. Ironically though, two of my nieces and my one nephew are also my cousins as well and my oldest brother is also my cousin so I guess that sort of counts lol. My mom had my oldest brother with my dad's half brother and then several years later had us.
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
5 Aug 19
I was very lucky to be close to all of my first cousins on my mom's side, and i am close now to some of my dad's side....
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
6 Aug 19
@sissy15 Wow that makes a interesting family tree
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
1 Aug 19
My family is much smaller than yours. I only have 4 cousins (three of them are from my father's family and the last one is from my mother's family) I have never been close to them. The ones on my father's side are much older than me and my last cousin is much younger than me. I used to be her babysitter.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
2 Aug 19
@chrissbergstrom Yes, we didn't have much in common because of the age difference. When I was a child my oldest cousins already had children because they were a lot older than me.
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
1 Aug 19
Yes seems when not raised together around same age hard to be close
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
2 Aug 19
I have never really counted because I am unsure / have not met all my cousins before.
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
2 Aug 19
@chrissbergstrom I should really try. :)
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
2 Aug 19
Maybe someday you will be interested in learning all there names and mapping together a family tree.
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
2 Aug 19
@infatuatedbby its nice to learn about our family
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@psanasangma (7910)
• India
2 Aug 19
You have a big family tree then.
I do have few cousins and as we are not much connected we are always need of introduction from our parents' side 
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@psanasangma (7910)
• India
3 Aug 19
@chrissbergstrom In my place everybody becomes Uncle, aunts and brother, sister. so I would say all my localities are cousins..... 
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
2 Aug 19
Maybe someday you will meet more of them
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
1 Aug 19
I honestly don't know. I haven't seen my family in 50 years.
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
1 Aug 19
It's always so shocking to me when people don't know anyone in there family i am sorry for you but maybe its for the best
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
1 Aug 19
@chrissbergstrom You're lucky to have such a large family.
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
1 Aug 19
@LindaOHio most of the time its a blessing
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
2 Aug 19
somewhere around 400.
branches of my family had like 14 kids,so it adds up quickly.
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
1 Aug 19
Many first cousins..about 10 or more, and second cousins a plenty..even more. Some are cool, and some are not, we are scattered all over the country.
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
2 Aug 19
yes seems most have big families
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@jobelbojel (36791)
• Philippines
3 Aug 19
I have alot of them. I can start counting the first cousins and don't know how many second or third cousins I have.
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
3 Aug 19
Yes big families for all of us
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
1 Aug 19
When it comes to first cousins I have 17 from both my mom and dads side of the family. Most I haven't seen in ages but a few I still keep in touch with.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Aug 19
Two male cousins whom I have never met.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Aug 19
@chrissbergstrom I guess maybe 10 years younger.
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
1 Aug 19
@JohnRoberts Yeah see i have two cousins that are i think 20 years younger then me so if not in same state it's unlikely really know them.
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@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
2 Aug 19
I don't know I think it is more than 30
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
2 Aug 19
sorry to hear that atleast you have many friends
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@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
1 Aug 19
What a big family! Great to have such a big group of people ariund you.
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
1 Aug 19
most of the time it is very nice
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@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
1 Aug 19
I have too many cousins to count for so I’m not even going to try to count how many I have. My kids at least have 4 1st cousins and 2 second counts but they have more around the same age or s just hard.
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
1 Aug 19
I am always shocked when people have so many cousins they lose count lol
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
3 Aug 19
Yes so many cousins if we count all the generations for sure!
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@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
5 Aug 19
I only have 3 first cousins (and we don't see each other cause we are estranged, that is a long story as to why), I have many more 2nd cousins. I can think of 12 as I sit here and think.
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
6 Aug 19
that is nice, yes i have two cousins i dont really speak with they are just very different people then me
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@YuleimaVzla (1857)
• Maracaibo, Venezuela
15 Aug 19
Better set up the kettle, mine is going to take a long time from mother and father hahaha
