My World Of Hopes, Dreams, Fantasies

Distant Relative

Welcome To My Reality Prompt: Have you ever met a distant relative by accident?

My husband worked with a distant cousin of mine, make that two. He bought her home to meet me. I had heard her name over the years and there was a dispute between my uncle and her and she said that Grandpa's parents took a fiddle that belonged to her father. My uncle said it didn't. I never discussed the fiddle incident with my distant cousin. It wasn't my fight. I talked to her and we were friends. She was older then me but really nice.

My second cousin Gary did business at the factory where my husband works. My parents had an Anniversary party and Gary showed up. I hadn't talked to Gary in years. I had seen his brother Brian and talked to him a few months before. My husband had talked to Gary for years and was surprised to learn he was related to me. Gary and Brian's mother died and we went to the funeral. It was nice to see Brian and Gary again but sad that their mother had died.

I saw my Great Aunt at a Nursing Home but she didn't recoginize me. I was there visiting someone else. My second cousin Judy came to an event at Church and I didn't know her at first. We talked and were glad to see each other.

I have some distant cousins on my Great Grandma's side but they don't know me. I don't talk to them. We just say "Hi." This is the low down on my distant cousins.

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