Converse of object

• marry: Cousins marrying cousins: A non-branching family tree I'm not sick, I've just got fading genes.

• remove: Thus he was a first cousin once removed of Emma's son Edward the Confessor.

• lose: The next time you get advice about your mortgage purchase from your uncle or a long lost cousin, think about what really matters.

Adjective modifier

• distant: She wasn't looking for a handout from her distant cousin Roz, just a job at her thriving In the Garden nursery.

• long-lost: A housewife has inherited a rare Shakespeare book from a long-lost cousin which could fetch millions at auction.

• transatlantic: If you want to just what our Transatlantic cousins needed changing then check out the extras on this DVD.

• antipodean: The Yanks seem to get the English accent mixed up with our Antipodean cousins, just not cricket!

• elder: Like her elder cousin Lizzie has ambition and the will to go against the conventions of her Victorian peers.

• American: Oh, the showy American cousins, they do love a parade.

Modifies a noun

• marriage: I often found the confusion that resulted from my enquiries on cousin marriage most informative.

Noun used with modifier

• primate: This is especially true when the story gets around to our closest primate cousins - the apes.

• country: Over 1,500 were to arrive for an unlimited stay with their " country cousins.

• boy: A four-year-old and his little sister were visiting their very tall teenage boy cousins.

Possessives

• husband: Her cousin's husband was Nicholas Jelf Sewell Edward.

• wedding: She is going to be a bridesmaid at her cousin's wedding soon.

• wife: My cousin's wife went through this last summer.

• son: Attended the wedding of my mom's cousin's son, just north of Helsinki.

Possessives

• father: He apparently succeeded to the family property on the death of his father's cousin, Hugh, 6.A.

• mother: For example, your mother's first cousin is your first cousin, once removed.

Preposition: of

• mine: My parents had hopes of my being an accountant or a dentist like a cousin of mine.