Would You Go To a Funeral For Someone You Haven't Seen in 40 Years?

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My cousin died Saturday. She was 71. She lived 2 hours north of where I've always lived. I haven't seen her in 40 years and truth be told I don't remember seeing her very often in the first place, maybe a dozen times in my childhood. I don't feel the need to attend the funeral. Someone suggested that it's like a "family reunion" at weddings and funerals to see people you haven't seen in a long time but I don't look at it like that. I have no emotional connection to this person, even though she's technically "family" nor do I have any emotional connection or memories to her siblings that would be at the funeral. Would you go the funeral 2 hours away to extend your condolences to people you barely know?