I used to believe that my cousins were my aunts and uncles. For the longest time, I called them Aunt and Uncle, and thought that I must have a lot of aunts and uncles. When I turned 12 or 13, however, I found out that they were my cousins, just that they were 15 or so years older than me. They were the children of my oldest real aunt and had children of their own already.
A childhood belief about family
others believed things like this
- I used to think that your cousins are your cousins only until they're 21, then they become your aunt,or uncle!— AMILA
- I used to believe that all my aunts were related to my mother and all my uncles were related to my father.— Mandy
- as a kid, i was told by my older cousins that i wasnt human until i turned 7 years old.— twk
- I used to believe that everyone had the same middle name as me... Elizabeth.
(even my uncles)— K.O. - I used to think Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima were a married couple. — l stu electtirc boogaloo
- I used to wonder what kind of insect "uncles" were named after.
I had "Ants" figured out.— Kimberly in AZ