>>>>I really wondered what happens after a cousinectomy. So they pack them in cubes now?
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>>>Unfortunately I did have a cousinectomy. Tragic story. Murdered on a botched mugging. Seriously.
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>>Sorry about that - I was referring to the expression "cousin twice removed", which always sounded so surgical to me.
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>Not your fault. Just reminded me (it's been about 3 years now so it's always close to the surface).

I understand. While it was less violent, I'm still having trouble making sense of the death of one of my first cousins to lung cancer about 4 years ago. We weren't that close, but he was the first of our generation to go.

Tamar