There have been a few posts about siblings and nephews/nieces, so I thought I'd ask:
Do your LOs have first cousins? Do you guys live close by, and do you think that your kids will be close to their first cousins?
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They probably won't be close unless they choose to hang out on their own when they are older. They live 5 min away, but we hardly ever see them due to issues with my SIL.
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Probably not close at all, unless a lot of moving happens. I wish it were different.
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Probably not close. They all live in different countries.
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Mine only has 1 and she lives in a different province, so I doubt they'll be that close. It's sad. I grew up with 17 first cousins and we're all quite close. I guess my LO will have lots of second cousins though!
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R doesn't have any cousins yet. When our siblings have babies I think the closeness will depend on the sibling and where they live.
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We're trying hard to have opportunities to see our son's cousins that live abroad, but it's not easy because we are the ones that always have to travel (they're a family of 5 and we're a family of 3 so it comes down to finances).
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DS and my brother's daughter are almost exactly 2 years apart and they totally adore each other. The sad part is that they live 8 hours away. But, when they see each other a few times a year, they act as if they're the best of friends.
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Hubs' sister has two kids. One is 7 years older than Xander, so I suspect the two of them won't be close at all. But the other is only 9 months older than Xander, so it's possible they'll be close.
BUT I suspect they won't be that close because we're not all that close with Hubs' sister, despite living only an hour from each other. We just have drastically different personalities and interests, so we only see them for family get-togethers.
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They're already BFFs! My SO's family is very close and we hang out with everyone a lot! My SO has 2 sisters and they both have a 4 year old girl. DS1 is 4 too, so they've always been very close to each other.
DS2 is very close in age to my SO's cousin's child (2nd cousin? I'm not sure how that works) and I babysit her so they see each other a lot!
Edit: left out my family, oops! But we aren't close to them at all and only see them for holidays so my kids aren't close to my niece and nephew. They're also a few years older.
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Very close because the parents are very close too. In my experience, cousins make the best of friends!
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So far, this is the first grandbaby on either side. My family is very close, so I imagine that distance won't really be an issue and my kids will all be close to my siblings' eventual babies.
DH is an only, but his family varies from mine in that cousins' cousins and 2nd cousins are all suuuuper close. So LO will already have 2 or 3 "cousins" on that side and I'm sure they'll be pretty close, even though it'll really be her 2nd or 3rd+ cousins.
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She has 5 male cousins. One, who is only 8 months older, lives across the country. Of the other 4, 3 are at least 8 years older than her and we haven't seen them since our wedding in 2010. The other cousin lives about 5 hours away, we'll probably see him once a year.
In short - not close at all.
To be perfectly honest, even though my brother and I aren't thick as thieves, I would LOVE for them to move back here so M and her cousin L could be close. They just bought a house out there and my SIL's mom just moved out there, though so I know it's not happening.
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Their only first cousins will be my sister's future kids. She's young, unmarried, and not in a serious relationship right now, so it will likely be awhile before she has kids. I think she will live close by, but my kids will probably be a lot older than hers, especially because I started pretty young.
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They have 6 older cousins. My sisterslives about 6 hrs away so they won't see them as often as I'm sure we'd all like. My one brother has a step son that is 6 years older than DS, so I'm sure they won't be close. My other brother has 2 kids...my nephew is 2 years older than DS and they are each other all the time and adore each other. They will probably be close. His daughter and my daughter are 2 months apart and will also probably be close as well.
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Our kiddo will be the oldest of the cousins. I imagine my SIL and BIL will have kids in the next few years, but they live 3 hours away - they'll be as close as they can be with that distance!
My sibs are 5 and 14 years younger than me, so they won't have cousins for a while on my side
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No first cousins over here, yet! If there were, they wouldn't be local. My brother and sister live in different states; my BIL lives about two hours away.
Chloe has second cousins that range from 6yrs to 22 years, though.
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Dh comes from a very tight knit family and there are 3 babes 14mos and under at the moment plus our LO is due to arrive next month... I'd say they'll be very good friends!
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DD has 18 first cousins and 8 first cousins once removed. 90% of them are in our area but range from 42-13. Not too many playmates in that crowd. Their kids are closer in age and will hopefully become playmates. The generational spread is awkward though.
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I hope so. They will be ~18 months apart. We'll only really see them during the holidays or whenever they visit the in-laws. We live 3-4 hrs away.
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Surprisingly very close. DS1 is 4.5 months and 16.5 months older than his cousins. DS2 will be 26 and 14 months younger than them. The two oldest get together so well, and my sisters live within 20 minutes of us. It's so weird because my sisters are 9-11 years older than me, and I just assumed they would have kids earlier. We all get along better because we have families. Before we were never this close.
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DS has one 1st cousin right now and he's 6 years old. They live 1.5 hours away from us. We visit them when we can, but not sure how close they will be.
My younger brother is far from having kids, but my baby cousin and I are 12 years apart and we're BFFs so you never know!
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Not close at all since we live abroad. She only has 3 cousins and she's never met the two that are closest to her in age.
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My sister has 3 girls but live across the country and the youngest one will be 7 when mine is born so unfortunately probably not close.
DH's sister however, lives near by and is also preggo with her 1st - she is due in December and I am in May. My MIL will most likely be watching both of them on most days since we both work and she is retired so I imagine they will grow up very close.. I hope! -
Extremely close, we all live within 30 minutes of each other, so they see each other several times a month. I feel like she will be a little closer with my sister's children than my DH's brother's kids just because we have a closer relationship. But family is very important to us, and seeing our family is a top priority, so I think they will grow up to be friends. One of my best friends is my first cousin (we were a month apart.) We went to camp together, wrote letters, snuck long distance phone calls, were bridesmaids in each others weddings. I'm thankful our parents had us grow up together like sisters!
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Very close, lo sees her every other week and just love her so much.
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Probably not close. My sister has 3 sons but they live two thousand miles away and we only see them once or twice a year. Plus two of them are several years older. The youngest is 2.5 years older than DS.
DH's sister lives less than an hour away with her bf and his two kids. We barely see them because SIL is really nasty to us. I hope that if she does have kids of her own she will stop being so awful and DS can become close to them. -
Possibly. He has a cousin six months older than him so they will he in the same grade and everything. We live about 30 minutes away so we see them monthly, he just got a new niece (18m) difference, will have another any day now, and another niece in.february.
As of right how two of them too far away.
I think he and the male cousin six months older will be the closest however they really don't get along yet which is so sad! I hope they grow out of it.
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No cousins yet but my sisters live close and his brother lubes in a different state so it will vary. With any luck though, it will be a few years until we find out. All of our siblings are younger and unmarried so hopefully we are a few years away from any cousins
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I don't think they will be close. She has one first cousin who is 2.5 years older, but DH is not close to his brother. We see them throughout the year, but it's only because DH makes an effort not the other way around. If we didn't have DH's parents to bring people together, I'm not sure how often we'd see them.
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My kiddos don't have any cousins yet and none on the horizon. That's part of the reason I'm happy we had them close together. Hopefully one day!
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I have 2 nieces, who will be 5 and 1 when this lo is born in the spring. I hope they'll be close! We don't live in the same place, but it's only about a 90 min plane ride, so hopefully they'll get to spend a good chunk of time together a couple times a year
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DD is the first grandbaby, so she doesn't have any 1st cousins yet! My sister is only 17, so cousins won't happen for quite some time.
I have a little brother who is only 4 months older than DD, and we live less than an hour away, so I'm betting they will be pretty close.
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We are super lucky that DD is close with her older cousin. He is 4 years older than her, but they see each other often and are so cute playing together. LO is 16 months old and he still calls her Baby Katie, instead of Katie.
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I hope they are close. We are seeing 5 of his cousins this weekend and 3 of my cousin's kids. I grew up with a cousin only 2 weeks older and we were best friends as kids. I really hope to give J the experience of big family holiday gatherings and looking forward to running around and playing with cousins.
J's closest cousins are 1 hour away and my sister's baby the furthest at 6 hours, but my sister and I do facetime with the kids. Hopefully they will move closer to us later in her husband's career. -
N has one cousin so far. That being said they are only 9 months apart. I hope that they will be close, even with the distance between us. We still hanging out like 2 times a month or more depending on what is going on. I wish BIL and SIL lived closer....
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Hopefully very. My sister and her daughter live close and we see each other often. My little sister is still a teen and lives 800 miles away but I'm pretty sure she will move back up here after she graduates high school and her future kids will see mine often. I have a close knit family in general.
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Mine only as 2 so far and they see each other several times a week. They are all very close in age also so I hope they'll remain the best of friends as they grow up.
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Not close. My sister is not in a relationship and likely won't have kids anytime soon. My SIL's kids are 8 and 10 and live four hours away.
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Geographically, not close. My brother and one of DH's brothers live across the continent, and DH's other brother lives in another country. Age-wise, my brother and DH's youngest brother are nowhere near the having-kids stage, but DH's middle brother and his wife were supposed to be due 3.5 months after us. Unfortunately, they lost the baby. I know they'll be trying again soon, so maybe our babies will be within a year or so of each other? And friendship-wise, I hope they'll be as close as they can be, given the distance...we plan to have them spen at least a couple weeks together in the summers so hopefully that will help.
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