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[quote=Anonymous]My brother and I were talking once about how our dad isn't close with his sisters and not at ALL close with his cousins, and neither is our mom.

We talked about what kind of aunt/uncle we wanted to be to each others kids, and that led to us talking about our cousins.  We each reached out to all our first cousins and basically sent them an email saying something like "We haven't grown up close. Things were done or said, and somehow, we wound up here.  A place where we *think* we would recognize each other on the street, but we're not sure.  I would like for this to change. I would like to meet your kids and dogs. I would like to celebrate birthdays and holidays, and come to your kids school concerts and school plays. If you are interested, please let me know. If you're not, no hard feelings. If you're not sure, and you decide a month, a year, or a decade from now, we'll just be glad you've arrived and welcome you in."

And then I gave all my contact info, and links to my LinkedIn, and Facebook. I'm now close with six out of 12 cousins.  While that doesn't sound like a success rate, it's five more cousins than I was in touch with before I sent that.[/quote]

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