13 and one deceased how ever given my fathers and oldest uncles “wild oats” days I might have older cousins and siblings we (or I )don’t know about
I had nine nieces and nephews, all born 1963-1970. Their cousins – my kids – were born 1995-1998.
Absolutely. Your Dad’s cousins, your grandpa’s cousins, etc etc. Those people are not your first cousins!
My grandmother’s first grandchild was born in 1965. Her last was born in 2007, so the oldeat cousin was 42 years old whem the youngest was born. As you can imagine, there were lots of younger great grandchildren, and the first great great grandchild was born just two years after the last grandchild.
A child and grandchild two years apart isn’t too weird. Grandchild and great-great grandchild seems less common!
Some of mine are (were) 40 years older than me. In fact on my father’s side my youngest cousin is 13 years older than me (on my Mom’s side, I’m the oldest).
First cousins once and twice removed are too many to count (some of my first cousins could become great-grandparents any time now)
I knew a couple whose last child and first grandchild were about a year apart. The grandchild was the older of the two.
I honestly do not know–my dad came from a family of seven kids, a “yours, mine and ours” situation. They all got married and had a bunch of kids–I think that crop generated about 20-25 cousins or so. Then they all (well, almost all, aside from my dad and one of his brothers) got divorced, remarried and proceeded to have MORE kids. I have not, to this day, met all of my aunts and uncles related directly, let alone the ones related only by marriage and have no idea how many cousins I have. My mom’s side was simpler–she had one brother, he had one kid–well, only technically because he adopted my aunt’s daughter as his own because he was probably sterile due to catching mumps after puberty and they never did get pregnant together.
None on my dad’s side, unless we count second cousins, of which there are still a plethora. My mother though, was one of six. 20 first cousins there. Our generation wasn’t quite so prolific but that’s hardly surprising.
I have 11 first cousins on my mom’s side (mom is oldest of six). Ten of them are living, the 11th died as an infant. I have three step-cousins on my dad’s side. Dad’s brother has no biological kids but he does have three step-kids.
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22 off the top of my head. 3 have died. On my father’s side I am the youngest cousin. I have 3 first cousins I never met because my uncle died when I was a baby.
I’ve got ten. Six on dad’s side, and four on mom’s. Three of the latter are by (my uncle’s) marriage. All are still alive. Some do have kids, but it would have never occurred to me to count those kids as “first cousins.”
My mother did have two siblings who died early, but they’d figured out how to handle the Rh problem by the next generation.
Around 60 or so. 40 on my mom’s side, 20 on my dad’s.
It’s kind of sad, but I have no first cousins. Both of my parents are only children. The upside was that I only had to share my grandparents with my older sister. We were very close to them. But now that they’re gone and our parents are getting older (mom is 67 and dad is 72), I wish I had more extended family and some family members close to my age.
Thankfully, my dad’s mother was one of 11 children. He has 28 first cousins. I am very close to several of them (my first cousins, once removed) and even more of their children (my second cousins). But it still feels a bit odd to have no aunts, uncles or first cousins.
This was my dad’s situation. His mother was one of 13, but she only fell pregnant the once. All those second cousins sure made the family gatherings fun. A couple of them were actually my age or younger. But even the older ones were kind enough to indulge us young folks by playing with us.
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My mother had 3 sisters and 2 brothers. On her side I have 19 first cousins. My father’s family was smaller. On his side I have 3 first cousins.
Total 22.
Only have 4, which I think is unusual for Irish, Italian, and/or Jewish families.
I have two uncles and one aunt on my Mom’s (Irish/Italian) side, but none of them ever had kids.
That leaves the 4 on my Dad’s (Jewish) side, 2 from each of my aunts. I see them maybe once a year for Thanksgiving.
My dad’s parents had 96 grandchildren. I have 5 siblings so I guess that’s 90 first cousins for me. Dad was the oldest of 15, many of whom had large Catholic families.
I think only 5 on Mom’s side.
13 - 4 on my mother’s side (all from her brother), 9 on my dad’s. All but 3 are older than me. So far only one has died.
My kids have only one cousin. My sister didn’t have children, and my wife’s brother had only one.
Other than first cousins (like 2nd cousins, 1rst cousins once removed, etc)? Don’t even ask. On both sides, probably countless.
Family picnics on my dad’s side were HUGE when I was a kid. I’m close to my extended cousins on my mom’s side, but I don’t see them as often, because they don’t live as close. ![]()