Yesterday, my second cousins Hendrik and Andreanna came over, Hendrik with his girlfriend Lisa, and Andreanna with her husband Sean and their kids Nellie and Juliana. Aidan and Nellie and Juliana are third cousins, which is to say, they are the children of second cousins, who are children of first cousins, who are children of siblings. Got that? Aidan’s great-grandmother and Nellie and Juliana’s great-grandfather were siblings.

We got the party started in the usual way, with wine, Guitar Hero III, and mutual humiliation.

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We got down to some serious eating, and managed to squeeze everyone around the table:

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Nellie liked Aidan’s doll:

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And Aidan and Gwen liked Juliana. Aidan was really quite gentle with his baby cousin.

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