06 October, 2008

Trivia Tuesday!

...even though it's Monday!!!

I just remembered something of interest. Back in the good ol' days (middle-school years? not!), every person I created, if I liked the way they turned out, automatically became my "cousin." That meant that Avicile Mohaili, Raynada Mohaili, Harrison Kye, and even Carmine Sanchez became my cousins. As you can see, this isn't exactly historically accurate and it wasn't until mid high school that this practice was stopped and replaced with something else. Instead of needing to be part of the family for me to know them, they just have to have a few degrees of separation, such as a friend of a friend, meeting while on a trip, being directly a friend, the like.

Oh, and the last person to become my "cousin?" Mustafa Kribana, the same guy who started the birthday method. I had forgotten just how influential he really was!

Just for the record, Avicile Mohaili started out as a friend, then as my cousin, then as my "twin sister" where she remains today. Carmine Sanchez is no longer my cousin and was just a friend from school. Harrison and Mustafa are best friends and are coincidentally both cousins of Avicile Mohaili, although one on each side of the family. Mustafa is on dad's side, Harrison is on mom's side).

For even more trivia, Raynada Mohaili (from dad's side) married Harrison Kye (from mom's side). They are not cousins, but Avicile Mohaili is a cousin to both of them. You savvy? That would also mean Raynada and Mustafa are cousins. Augh! Stop it now!

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