My mother is dragging me to a thing with our "relatives". I would try to explain how we're related, but I'm afraid the computer might explode. Suffice to say it's very distant. All my close relatives still live in Russia.
So there's a whole evening with these people, most of whom I haven't seen in years (and some of them never). Yeah, it's gonna be such fun! Still, one of them is my cousin (sort of...thrice removed...or is it four times?), who lives in Canada, so I suppose I aught to go see him, who knows when I'll get another chance?
Edit:Well....I survived. My cousin is OK. His wife is really really lovely. Cute kid. As for the rest......