But they won't have primos-hermanos, and they'll never know their grandaunt and uncle as we did.

NPR: Becoming More American Than Cuban

You know you're a primos-hermano when all the adults in a family can and will scold you for your misdeeds.

NPR: Becoming More American Than Cuban

Cubans call children who grow up in such homes primos-hermanos, cousin-brothers.

NPR: Becoming More American Than Cuban

As the primos-hermanos in our family grew up and moved out of the duplex, our own children came back for visits, day care or to roll around with each other on the living room floor.

NPR: Becoming More American Than Cuban