My 104 year old 2nd cousin just passed away.

[Siwsan]

She lived in the same house, on the side of a Maryland mountain, for most of her life. I am glad I got to know her.

Her daughter is 80. Imagine having your mother in your life for that many years.

Anyway, I'll lift a glass to Emma, tonight.

[dawg day]

1. What a great long life!

Emma of the Mountain-- that's how I'll think of her.

[dlk]

2. I'm very sorry for your loss

Imagine all of the incredible events your cousin lived to see throughout her long life! Condolences to you and your family.

[Heartstrings]

3. I will light a candle....

[livetohike]

4. My sympathy to you and family on the loss of

your cousin. May the stories you all will tell comfort you .

[whistler162]

5. I am sorry for your families loss

but egads there is a mother-in-law joke in there.

[Dem2theMax]

6. Wow! Imagine living that long.

And imagine all the things she experienced in that long life.

My sympathy to you and your family.

To Emma. 🍷

[japple]

7. I will raise a glass to Emma! Bless her soul. So sorry that your family had to say goodbye

to her, but she must have been one strong woman and you we lucky to have her all those years. What stories she must have had. Would love to hear some of them.

[BigmanPigman]

8. My grandmom died at almost 104

(3 months shy) right before tRump was elected. She was a life long Dem and that would have killed her if she lived long enough to see it. She loved to piss off her neighbors in FL with her yard signs. If they said anything she would go off on them in Italian. She had spunk.

[StevieM]

9. My sympathies to your family.

Wow, 104 years. It sounds like she had a full life.

I have a great uncle who lived to be 105 1/2. How close was your cousin to 105?

Also, are you clear about the proper labeling for cousins? If she was your 2nd cousin then that means that you each had a parent who was 1st cousins with each other. If she was the 1st cousin of your parent then she was your 1st cousin once removed. I am only telling you because many people are unclear or confused about that.

[Siwsan]

11. She would have been 105 in February, I believe

And, admittedly, this whole degree of cousin thing confuses me. She was my grandmothers niece, so my father's first cousin. I think (but am not positive) that makes her my 2nd cousin.

[StevieM]

12. She was your 1st cousin once removed.

Her daughter is your 2nd cousin.

A 2nd cousin is someone who has a parent that was 1st cousins with your parent.

[Siwsan]

13. Ah, thank you!

So utterly confusing.

[AZ8theist]

23. Yup. I gave up trying to figure out my wife's family YEARS AGO....

So many cousins, aunts, uncles, in laws, you name it. She also has 2 cousins with the exact same name. SHEEEESH!!!

[imanamerican63]

10. ......

[niyad]

14. So very sorry for your loss. Raising a glass to Emma tonight.

Did your family have her do an oral herstory?

[Siwsan]

15. Her daughter has a BIG book of her mother's memories.

And Emma's 90+ year old brother is deep into family genealogy.

[AmyStrange]

16. Hopefully, she'll stop by and give the Notorious RBG a big hug...

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I know that I will.
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[3catwoman3]

17. A life to be celebrated, to be sure.

I will lift a glass, too.

[orleans]

18. i'll lift a glass to her also

[gademocrat7]

19. Condolences, Siwsan on the loss of your cousin.

[warmfeet]

20. I lift a glass to cousin Emma as well.

[electric_blue68]

21. Smpathies for you &: family. A 🍷toast to Emma.

To live through such extrodinary changes!

[Karadeniz]

22. Sounds like she was fortunate in life! Sympathy for your loss...

[SheltieLover]

24. Sorry for your loss

RIP, Emma! 🥂

[COL Mustard]

25. RIP To Your Cousin

And condolences to her family!