Cousins, cousins, cousins...

Have you ever had the experience of being contacted through some genealogy website by a cousin you've never met or even knew you had? It happens to me all the time and it's really a great experience to connect with someone with the same family roots that grew into you!

While some of these encounters develop into lifelong communication, others come and go; but cousins can be a wonderful source of genealogical data, stories, and most importantly photographs that you didn't even knew existed.
And sometimes it's not even the original person who contacted you, but some other cousin they knew who holds a treasure trove going back many generations.

This was one of the treasures a cousin recently sent me of my great-great grandfather, Pablo (Paul) Pryor. I only had one other picture of him before receiving this one, so it was quite a delightful surprise and pleasure.

Have you ever received family photographs or information from a "long lost cousin"? Share you story here, and tell us about it.