How many cousins have you got and do you see them/keep in touch?

[NiceDayatlast]

I have seven cousins. I see one occasionally via another family member. Other than that, I seem to have lost touch with them apart from a Facebook happy birthday message! I used to enjoy big family get togethers but there haven’t been any in recent years. Do you see your cousins regularly?

Not sure exactly, dozens, not in regular contact with any but see a few from time to time.

64 first cousins. Dad is 1 of 14, Mum is 1 of 8. I live in a different country so see them rarely.

About 23. closer to 40 if we include spouses. Somewhere around 60 if we include their kids too. I don’t live near any of them.

We don’t keep in touch aside from occasional Facebook posts.

I have no idea how many cousins I have but its a lot. I don't really keep in contact with them but I sometimes visit my youngest ones (who are around the same age as my children - went to one's confirmation last summer). I did keep in contact with one for a while after my grandmother's funeral but then he died

I wish my children could have closer relationships with their cousins but only one lives in the same country as us (well there's another one but we've never met him or her)

About 21. No as many live in different countries (and some I've never met). I'm closest to the one who lives nearest. Weirdly my parents asked some to come to my wedding and one did in fact travel 2500 miles! I'd never even met her! She said she represented the 'family' from that country.

17 first cousins. Know what all of them are up to in varying degrees of detail mainly via their parents whom I talk to, Facebook friends with all but 1 of them.

One I'm as close to as if he were my brother.
One (his brother) I haven't seen in 10 years and we'd probably say "how are you going?" and run out of conversation at that point.
One- their other brother- ditto.

One female cousin, we keep in touch on social media but that's it. Her two brothers I genuinely probably wouldn't recognize on the street.

No fallings out, all grew up on neighbouring streets. Christmas etc always together. But you grow apart, like you do with friends, especially now all the parents have gone.

1. I see one most weeks due to being at same activity. So not through choice. The rest months between seeing them.

your grandparents are typically the hub of the family, and all spokes are connected to them. Once they are gone, spokes become hubs for new generations, and are not necessarily connected to each other any more.

This is normal

Dozens of them - couldn't even name them all. Not sure if I've met all of them - they're scattered worldwide.

Six cousins.
Last saw one of them seventeen years ago. We never grew up in the same county, or even country. I'm still quite fond of them. One of them deleted me on FB though.

I dont know how many cousins I have. About 10 known ones, a few more I know of in name only and have never met, and others I don't know the name of.

I lost my parents as a young adult, and my Aunt and Uncle sort of took me under their wing a bit - I was already an independent adult. I am about 60 now, and they still treat me as a dangerously unpredictable teen! Checking I am eating and sleeping properly, etc. Bless them 😂so I know their daughters quite well.

So that is 2 out of 10 once-known cousins that I would recognise if I pass on the street. But there is probably another 10 or so I would never have known or recognised at all anyway

15 cousins, some of them are my best friends. We all see each other constantly throughout the year, have big socials and holiday together.

I had 47 first cousins.

Some I only saw for the first and last time when Mum and I went to South Africa after Dad died.

Cousins on Mum's side Ive not seen since Mum died, but then I've only seen my siblings once or twice since then.

My sons haven't seen any of their cousins for years either. We just don't do the big family gatherings any more, and although I kept in touch with ex ILs we didn't ever visit at the same time as their cousins on that side.

Dozens of them. A couple I send Xmas cards to but don't see and one I'm close to along with her 4 children but the others I don't see or speak to. No animosity just not in touch.

I have around 60 first cousins. I see very few of them regularly. They're in various different countries.

I have 34 Cousins, see two of them at most twice a Year. Have them all on Social Media but there's no closeness whatsoever! Shame as we lived in each others pockets as Kids.

7 first cousins who all live abroad except one and I don't see any of them.

Lots of 2nd cousins in this country that I'm closer to & see several times a year.

In my culture, you are born into a network of cousins. I've over 30 first cousins, and some are closer to me than others due to distance, personalities, etc. I'd say 7 of my cousins are more like siblings. One was my maid of Honour. We support each other and remain in frequent contact with each other (with obligatory Whatsapp group chats with + without our parents).

My children have cousins on both sides of their family. They are close with around 6 of their cousins (we go on holiday together and see each other weekly) but DC have occasional contact with many more cousins throughout the year. DC love it, especially since they are the youngest on DH's side, and their older cousins are brilliant with them.

6 cousins. Not seen any in years. Some are on fb and we do birthday messages or congrats on big life events type messages, but that’s about it. We all live completely different areas of the country though.

Only two and I haven't seen them for 5 years because of the distance. We were so close growing up and I miss them terribly. We keep in touch, regularly catch up and often share photos etc.

Two first cousins.
I haven't seen either of them for over 20 years but we are in touch on fb. One lives abroad one lives an hour away.

I have some second and third cousins I see more often than this.

20 but 3 have died. Never saw them beyond childhood until the parents/aunts/uncles started dying, at which point we met up with some at funerals. I now have some on social media and others on WhatsApp but doubt we'll meet up.

Two - haven't seen them for nearly 30 years; wouldn't recognise them if I passed them in the street. No animosity, just that as far as I know we have nothing in common bar shared, long-deceased grandparents.

1. Don't have a relationship with any of them