Just met a cousin I never knew I had

Miguel_Sanchez

As I was telling Dustaz tonight I, just this evening, met a cousin that I never knew I had.

My aunt and uncle and their kids were coming over. The kids range in age from 17 down to about 11 I think. Anyway - I walk up the hall to meet them and there's this twenty-something girl standing there. First I thought she was a friend of my sister or something but then she looks at me and says 'hello i must be your cousin too'.

Turns out she was adopted at birth and has just reconnected with her family over the last year or so. Of course the rest of my family knew she existed but just forgot to mention it to me.

The whole thing came as a bit of a shock to say the least and led me to wonder how many of us have relations out there that we know nothing about.

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You can imagine where it goes from here. --- He fixes the cable?

Dont be at yourself

Funny you should say that, today I met cousins I didn't know I had

This happens all the time too, my father's side of the family is quite large

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Even though I was their captive, the Indians allowed me quite a bit of freedom. I could walk freely, make my own meals, and even hurl large rocks at their heads. It was only later that I discovered that they were not Indians at all but only dirty-clothes hampers.

Shinji

When my grandmother on my Dad's side of the family died a few years back, the funeral and wake were full of people I had never met in my life, and I still have no idea who most of them are... Big catholic families, gotta love 'em

Shiminay

It was exactly the same when my Dad died - all these people at the funeral saying
"I'm your cousin X from Y"
"Oh ya? Why have I never heard of you before now"
"I've, erm, been busy"
"Oh right. Well, thank you for coming. I'm sure I'll see you again some time"

It's insane - Dad's family was huge and Mam's is big enough too (but I know most, if not all of them).

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All the best!
Dav

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[honey i] violated [the kids]
When the Beefy King arrives, I shall be paying homage with Puunack The Receiver in a haze of green curry.

[This message has been edited by Kharn (edited 16-08-2001).]

azezil

i meet new relatives nearly every year! i don't no how they find us but they do!

had a crowd from australia last yr., americans the yr. b4!

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"just because you're not paraniod, doesn't mean they're not after you!"

Miguel_Sanchez

It wasn't though that I had just never met this girl - nobody in the family knew she existed until very recently.

She lives in Ireland and I just think it's weird that I've been going about my business for the last 22 years not knowing that I had an older cousin living near me all the time.

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You can imagine where it goes from here. --- He fixes the cable?

Victor

I suppose it happens a lot, especially more so recently, with adopted children getting improved rights for tracing their parents.

But on a lighter note, I heard a story of a guy who snogged a girl in a pub, only to find out that she was one of his cousins that he had never met.

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popinfresh

Well my Da had somthing like 16 brothers and sisters, I'v seen about 10. Apparently I'v got a millionare aunt who moved to America and joined a cult. And I'v got a load of cousins in Australia who have kids all my age...I wonder what they're like.

Illkillya

i have 3 uncles, but i have no idea how many cousins i have. i have only heard of a few of them

havok*

I'm adopted at birth also,

I have no idea who my blood relations are, i do plan on going looking in a few years tho. When i'm ready...

phobos

I've got plenty of relatives I know exist but haven't seen.

My parents split up when I was 6, but I still remember quite a lot from the time up to that. My Dad's sister lived in Los Angeles, and it is from her I got my first name. She brought a phone book back from the locality for some reason and they selected it from that. Those of you that know my name, do!, and those of you that don't it's Rumplestilskin

But back to the point. Would you believe that Aunt I can't even remember, and many more relatives on my father's side I don't even know. Many of them live in the same city as me and are the same age as me, but are probably just another face I see in the night club on a night out such as tonight.

It's all too common these days. When a ****ed up relationship become legal lunacy abounds...

;-phobos-)

Illkillya

my uncle lives about 3 miles from me and i have never seen or spoken to him

entropi

It happens to me also. I have a sh.itload of family who i have never heard of or met in real life. All i know is that they live all over Dublin and Ireland, England and the U.S.
. I would probably never meet them, but wouldn't go out of my way to either. You never know, i could have relations on BOARDS.IE....creepy.

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