First cousin is a relative who shares the same grandparents as you, but not parents. First cousin is usually the child of your aunt or uncle. Look at the following chart to understand this relationship more clearly. Figure 01: Sam and Bill are first cousins. Sam and Bill are first cousins...
Whenever I see a genealogy chart—the kind with names, dates, and lines connecting the generations—my eye always moves to the names that form the end of their branch on the family tree. The ones who didn’t have children. What’s their backstory? How did they craft their lives and i...