Actually, my cousin:
I'm only 8 years younger than his mother so he calls me Aunt Stephanie. When his mother tried to explain that I was actually his cousin, he explained, very matter-of-factly, that that was just not possible, because I am old like her!
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- My cousin's mom told my cousin that pop makes you short. He probably believed it.— Molly
- I used to think a second cousin meant a cousin’s cousin.— Carlos Almonacid
- when I was younger, I used to believe cows were cousin's to beefs— péisus taré
- When I was younger, my cousin used to try to convince me that I was adopted and I sometimes believed it."Anon
- When my cousin was younger his name was Alexander and he thought his middle name was "ander"Anon
- I thought i had to chew my food 27 times before i could swallow because Stephanie said it on Full HouseAnon