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Susan is my second cousin.
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By 2024, the team had added four more descendant donors—one related to Fitzjames (technically a second cousin five times removed through the captain’s great-grandfather).
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ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
Someone knew someone’s brother who dated Tommy’s second cousin who lived in Building B.
—Chang-Rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
Epenesa, 27, is related to Dolphins kicker Riley Patterson, who’s a second cousin.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
One second cousin works for Aflac now, but Amos is not expecting a relative to succeed him.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Mar. 2026
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ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
Someone knew someone’s brother who dated Tommy’s second cousin who lived in Building B.
—Chang-Rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
Epenesa, 27, is related to Dolphins kicker Riley Patterson, who’s a second cousin.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
One second cousin works for Aflac now, but Amos is not expecting a relative to succeed him.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Second cousin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second%20cousin. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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