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I never really thought about it before, but I have no first cousins.

I was chilling with my husband’s extended family and everyone was counting how many first cousins they had. One of them had over 50 first cousins. Another had over 30. All of them had over 10.

Then it came to me and I had been going through it in my head and I was like, “uh… zero. Huh.”
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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 11mo ago

neither of your parents siblings had children?

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Lyn Alden 11mo ago

No. They have few siblings and none of those few had children. There is one aunt I’ve never met that I don’t think married but I’m not 100% sure. So I have no known first cousins and probably no first cousins period.

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 11mo ago

both of my parents came from big families, 7 and 9... those were the days...

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Hope Rising 11mo ago

Wild

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Patriot 11mo ago

In the west, family size is shrinking.

My wife and I have dozens of first cousins each. Our children have exactly 12 first cousins, but their first cousins have anywhere from 9 to 18 first cousins.

Our grandchildren currently have zero first cousins.

Can you guess how many children we have?

It's just a guess without another given. If you ask for another clue, we can make it an easy SAT question.