Hilarious true story -
I had some cousins that decided not to or were told they couldn’t have children, so they went all out on treating their miniature poodle like their offspring - pictures, accessories, the whole 9 yards.
The wife got pregnant a month later.
Sorry, I’ve seen at least two episodes of “My Cats from Hell” that over-protective young mothers (esp. first time mothers) want to remove their cats (”It is the hubby’s cats anyway.”) to a certain doomed death, just because said cats got near 5 feet within the baby/toddler!
You just know there are countless cases such cats didn’t have a chance because the fathers didn’t speak up or put their foot down. And have Jackson Galaxy to help them work things out. 100% the problems lie with the mothers (human) and not the cats’ faults.
Cousins...as in cousins that married each other? Or did you simply mean to include your cousin and the one he or she married as the “in law” cousin?