Dear Eric: Throughout my childhood, my cousin always had to have her friend join family events. Fast-forward 40 years and my cousin has moved back home after widowhood. Guess who’s back at everything?

Dear Annie: I have a cousin who I grew up with (literally in the same building) for eight years of my life. After our families moved, we stayed close, often kept in touch on social media or through ...

Dear Annie: I have a cousin who I grew up with (literally in the same building) for eight years of my life. After our families moved, we stayed close, often kept in touch on social media or through ...

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on divulging a family secret. By Kwame Anthony Appiah I have been living with a secret for close to 55 years. My first cousin, whom I am very close with, was adopted ...