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Cousin |
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COUSIN, domest. rel. Cousins are kindred who are the issue of two brothers or two sisters, or of a brother and a sister. Those who descend from the brother or sister of the father of the person spoken of are called paternal cousins; maternal cousins are those who are descended from the brothers or sisters of the mother. Vide 2 Bro. C. C. 125; 1 Sim. & Stu. 301; 3 Russ. C. C. 140; 9 Sim. R. 386, 457. |
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My first cousin once removed, who I refer to as my aunt, Peggy Tishman, was the first president of UJA. I will choose one, to his beloved first cousin once removed, Harriet Winslow, a woman of artistic leanings and lively intelligence, immobilized in her last years by a stroke: Now, in racetrack society, being the owner of the sire of the second choice in a big race is like being the second cousin once removed to the father of the bride at a big wedding. |
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