Do you have cousins you barely know or may have never met?

[Anonymous]

I have 3 cousins I barely know even though they only live down the road and 2-3 I never met. What about you?

[ZamerZ]

The cousins from my father's side all live in a different country and they all are also much older than me - their kids are my age and I grew up thinking they were my actual cousins. But I don't know them that well, either. Just this year one of my older cousins hit me up on instagram because we've never talked before and she thought I reminded her a lot of her mother - she's 50 years old, so a big gap. Apart from her, there's also a bunch of others I have never met. I think about 4 or 5.

All my cousins from my mother's side are my age and I know all of them and love them to death.

[Asker]

The first cousins I barely know live near me my dad just didn't bother with them.

[A_Bell]

I have a huge extended family, most of which I have never met. My mother and father were from really big Catholic families. I am from a family of 6 kids myself. Personally, I am just pregnant with my third and my sisters have a bunch as well. Darwin smiles on us, I guess, but you can't keep track of that many people.

[Asker]

thats acceptable. My condition is quite poor. My dad never bothered with his brothers family so when he dies he didn't bother keeping up with them. The ones I have never met, don't even go there.

[A_Bell]

Awww. :(

[CrimsonAngel09]

Yeah, my Mom's side. They don't bother to get in touch with us, so we don't get in touch with them. They live in Illinois while I live in South Carolina, and we never went to Illinois except in the 90s when I was like 2.

They're pretty much strangers, and we don't care enough to know them.

[Drumlin2001]

Yeah, 3 older cousins from my mums sister. Have met them in life but very seldomly. Maybe seen them. once at most twice in them last decade

[DarkLegacy]

I have more then i care to remember, my Mum's Mum had a big family. I've never met at least two of my Uncles/Aunties.

[gorydetails]

Extended, sure. But I know and I'm close with all my first cousins and many 2nd

[Asker]

Thats good. Sad reasons why I don't know mine.

[moviedude714]

There are members on my dad's side of the family that I don't know or who I've never met

[HelpfulWoman]

Yup! 2 lads I've never met.

[Al_Musafir]

Yeah. Got a bunch of them.

[FunkyMonkee]

Quite a few 2nd, 3rd and 4th cousins.

[Redstang88]

Most of them

[Asker]

Why? its only 2 families I am not in contact with. Why do you not know most of your cousins?