I'm a Second Cousin Once Removed!

Congratulations to my cousin Nicole and cousin-in-law Mike (ok, so what would you call him instead?) on the birth of their baby girl. She's the first member in my near family of the next generation, and will no doubt be joined by many others in the next twenty years as me and my twenty-something cousins come of age. The infant is learning that life is not fair: she was promptly saddled with the initials H.H.H. Nobody should have to suffer that many H's in life. (Not that I won't do worse to my own kids; I'd like to have a son with the initials XSPHHMF, where the X is an unknown first name).