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"People may not be full first-cousins," Henn said.

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2023

Partly with the view of establishing himself more firmly in his acquired lordship, and partly out of family affection, Pùho associated four of his first-cousins in the government of Trezzo.

From New Italian sketches by Symonds, John Addington

A Milliken, in George the Third's reign, married a Boltimore, and the Boltimores, I think, are your first-cousins.

From The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh by Thackeray, William Makepeace

In my time first-cousins did not meet like strangers; but perhaps we were wrong; we are learning modesty from the Americans, and old English ways are too gross for us.'

From Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

Partly with the view of establishing himself more firmly in his acquired lordship, and partly out of family affection, P�ho associated four of his first-cousins in the government of Trezzo.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes