I am often intrigued by how widespread a lot of extended and even non-extended families are, and it’s fascinating to think of family members coming from different places to visit each other and having family gatherings with a bunch of different accents. What countries do you have known family members in?
how do people have so much family? I have like 10 family members that I know, and see once a year. they all live in my country aswell.
Well, each of my parents has 5 siblings who all had kids, so I have 2 siblings who have significant others and 2 kids each, and 17 1st cousins on my mom’s side and 14 on my dad’s side, many of whom now have their own children (I think we’re at 18 or 19 now, but I don’t facebook, so it could be over 20), plus the 12 uncles and aunts, and then there are the in-laws who have a less tidy structure, with 4 parents, 1 full sibling with 4 kids and 2 step-kids and 3 grand kids, 2 half siblings with 2 kids and a step kid, and 2 step siblings with 3 kids. And her mom had 4 siblings…
The big reunions I remember as a kid (for my great grandparent’s families) were well over 100 people. Because they all had 4-6 kids because that’s how you ran a family farm.
wow! that is crazy! i always dreamed of huge reuinions, but From peoples stories i feel like they arent as amazingas i assume
Hah, can confirm that they aren’t amazing. Or at least mine isn’t. Let’s just say I sent video of one cousin at the capitol on Jan 6 to the FBI.