Cousins can be your siblings too
Review visited a family in Flora Park, where cousins live under one roof, to see how life is with their family setup.
POLOKWANE – The Mahlangu cousins (ages four to five-years-old) Ntsumi, Nyiko and Bontle Mahlangu display true characteristics of sibling/cousin/friendship love as they do everything together and even go to the same school.
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Their grandmother, Rebecca Mahlangu, who is a teacher by profession, says they fight as much as they love one another.
“One minute you will find them playing, screaming and laughing at their top of their voices, the next moment you will find them fighting and making each other cry, but that does not last longer than 10 minutes and that is what makes my home so full of love and peace. Their parents work full time, and are demanding in terms of working hours, but I don’t mind because that gives me more time to bond with my grandchildren, ” she explained.
The three cousins live in one house and do everything together, including vacations, schooling, dinners as well as getting up to mischief.
Mother of two of the children, Mankwe Mahlangu, says she finds it hard to now separate the trio as they are so used to doing everything together.
“It gives me great joy and peace of mind knowing that they are so close and seeing them so happy and loving one another every day is a bonus. They might as well be brothers and sisters and that sibling love extends to being best friends forever,” she concluded.
