- My uncle’s (Dad’s brother) son. He’s five years older than me and I have so little contact with the extended family I had no idea that he had married and had a kid. So now I guess I’ve also got 1 whatever the heck the kid is; first cousin once removed or something like that?
Yes you can. My wife has three half older siblings from her father’s first marriage. They are my wife’s half brother and sisters. They each have children. My wife and I have a daughter. The children of my wife’s half-siblings are her half first couisins although I always get dirty looks when I point that out.
Father’s side: One, plus one step-cousin.
Mother’s side: Eight or nine. (Some confuse me)
I never counted them. My father was one of eight children two of whom had 10 or 11 children.
At one time I had, hmm, let’s see now, somewhere in the vicinity of 42 or 43.
Let’s see…I have seven aunts just on my mom’s side, so…
Eighteen on my mom’s side, eight on my dad’s, if I’m counting correctly. That makes twenty-six first cousins altogether, four of which I think are through adoption.
I have 11:
Mother’s Side- 3
**Father’s Side- ** 8
I know and am close with all of them. They range in age from 21 to 44.
I’m 31.
8 on Mom’s side, 17 on Dad’s.
The only one’s I am close to are on Mom’s side. i don’t even know half of my paternal cousins…never met them, and don’t particularly care to. 
- I believe I am the big winner
Dad was one of 12 and Mom one of 14, most of whom had (obviously) several children.
2 on my mom’s side and 2 on my dad’s side. Comparatively, it seems I have a really small family.
If I’m counting correctly, I have 34 first cousins (by blood).
The thing that seems the most amazing to me is that we’re not that far apart in age. I’m toward the middle, the oldest is 4 years older than I am, and the youngest is 5 years younger. Wow, my parents’ generation was all over that procreation thing. There were always A LOT of kids around on Christmas morning. I used to laugh that my uncle didn’t know my name until I was 22, now can I see why.
Mom is the oldest of 6 children, Dad the oldest of 4. I have … :
: … twenty-one first cousins, many of whom have now reproduced themselves. All are full-blood cousins, not half- or step-cousins.
A couple years ago, Dad’s family went on a family reunion “vacation” for Grandma’s 80th birthday. In Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Because that’s a real happenin’ town. ::snort:: They thought it would be a fine idea to just stick all the girl grandchildren in one hotel room. Six girls, ranging in age from ten to twenty-five (that was me). Helpful tip–do not expect the 22 and 25-year-olds to be thrilled with this setup. 
14 on my mother’s side (one adopted), 6 on my father’s side.
Mrs. Kunilou has 37 first cousins (one adopted), all on her mother’s side. Add her, her brother and sister into the mix and that makes a total of 40 first cousins in that generation.
Her family reunions are actually a lot of fun.
Let’s see … two on dad’s side (haven’t seen them since the 80s). Mom’s side is two, two, two steps, one more step (met her once), and one for a total five plus three steps.
Seven blood, three steps, one of which I met only when her mom married my uncle in like 1990.
Well geez, I can’t count correctly. I was adding my brother and I into the total. So I have 32 first cousins, for a total of 34 kids at family gatherings.
Seven of which are directly related to me, and 2 that are stepchildren.
I only ever see about 5 of them, though. I get along real well with just 3.
I expect to win this one.
My mother is one of 12 children.
My father was one of 11.
I have 108 first cousins. There are six children in my family. So my grandparents, between them, had 114 grandchildren.
Wow!!! I expect you will. That is a whole lotta cousins. Do you have family reunions on either side? How many of those cousins do you know/would you recognize? I have 21.
Mom was 11th of 12 - ALL of them had 3 or more kids
so I’m guessing about 80 her side
Dad was 4th of 4
12 his side (and MUCH easier to count!)
so, maybe around 90 - 100
Mom’s side had a reunion in Quebec two months ago - about 65 of us showed up.
I win on the low end. I don’t have any first cousins and I never will.
Dad is an only child. Mom has one brother who is 60 years old and never had kids.
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Yep, there are reunions, though I don’t attend any longer.
On my mother’s side, I know maybe a quarter of them. The redheads belong to Aunt Mary and Uncle Don, that sort of thing.
On my father’s side, it’s better, but still I am younger than many of my cousins’ children, so while I can often place them in a family under the right circumstances, I wouldn’t know them on the street.