How Many Relatives Do You Have? –

New Survey Suggests Many More than You Think

Now I don’t know about you, but I come from a fairly small family, just and my sister growing up, but with the usual raft of cousins off in the distance. My mum was one of five, but my dad’s only sister never had children.  So I was surprised to find out that Scotland's population leads the UK with more living cousins than anyone else. And I mean more living cousins with a survey suggesting those in the nation will have 21,000 living relatives. Now that’s not relatives that you’ll see on a daily basis and they’ll be scattered throughout the world, but these are up to eighth cousins. Yes you heard it eight times distant from a regular cousin in one of those calculations that see how close to the line of succession you are away from the British throne, a million miles away in my case!

Relativity Theory?

Most people in the UK have more than 16,000 living relatives and of course they are nearly 100% unknown to them. The average person has 16,895 eighth cousins.  But folks in Scotland have the most living connections, with an average of 21,000 cousins, and that’s a blast. Now if you were to try and track them all down that would be the work of a lifetime and cost you a fair few bob in Christmas cards.

 For Long Lost Relatives

Well should you track down the long lost relatives or they find you then we here at James Pirie stand ready to help. We have a range of goodies that will delight those close to home and those more distant. So if ever an eighth cousin gets in touch you can be sure of a great gift to share and a great price to make it less dear for nearest and not so near dearest.   Try this unique twist on the traditional tartan pattern, synonymous with Scotland the Tartan hand cut crystal Tot Glass which is just perfect for a nip of your favourite tipple.

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