On a quick trip to Ireland, we sought out a long-lost cousin and strengthened a family connection
When we saw him, the resemblance was unmistakable. My grandpa’s nose, my mom’s eyes – it was a face I felt like I’d known my whole life. But Liam, the 70-year-old man in front of us, was a stranger: my grandfather’s long-lost first cousin twice removed, born and raised an ocean away from our family, in Ireland.My mom and I took our trip to Ireland not on a quest to find long-lost relatives, but on a whim spurred by cheap flights.
While my mom was also suspicious, on her father’s insistence, she reached out to this cousin on a whim halfway through our trip. We were heading to Galway anyway.
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