Got Cousins?

Yesterday sent me on a search.  Again. In search of the last time the littles saw kid cousins. 
The littles saw their first cousins last in 2015.  No let me rephrase that.  They saw some of the ones from up north and the local two in 2015.  They only really have seen one set of cousins up north.  We wouldn't know the other set if they weren't with Nana Nita or something. 
The last time they saw the second cousins from here was 2016.  Except for the one that was in the class next to the little man's at school.  The two classes did things together and yet the cousins didn't know they were related. 
Our last trip to Minnesota was in 2014 and they saw 2nd cousins there.  Not all of them, but a good number. 
I can understand why the little woman longs for the connection that family gives you.  She knows they are there, just not why they don't connect.  I certainly can't explain it because I don't know either.  I did what I could until I was tired of banging my head on a wall. 
Time moves on and so do we.  I haven't had much luck in finding some fake cousins.  But at least they seem to have more friends now.  Friends give you a connection also.