Everyone came to the wedding, including a distant 'cousin' no one had heard from in years.
He's her 'first cousin'. = He and she are 'first cousins'.
He says politics and show business are 'kissing cousins'.
(..) process starts. They trace anything, it'll just lead to him. But who is he? He's a phantom, an apparition. Second cousin to Harvey the Rabbit. I conjured him... ...out of thin air. He doesn't exist, except on paper. You can't just make a person up. Sure you can, (..)1994 The Shawshank Redemption