Jody dismissed her favorite cousin with an absent flick of the wrist.

"But I would be losing my favorite cousin."

Later, this 53-year-old survivor would attend the funeral of a favorite cousin who was shot three times in the chest the other night.

The little twirp was always my favorite cousin.

For a favorite cousin, he bought a welcome mat he put out any time she came to visit.

"Would I do that to my favorite cousin?"

She had been his favorite cousin, but ambitious beyond reason.

"Well, you don't think I'd let my favorite cousin marry without me, do you?"

You give me the name of any man who could do better given your circumstances and I'll adopt him for a favorite cousin.

It was my idea, since I'd rather not see two of my favorite cousins tie up and fight.