Back in 2006, my older sister, Bonnie Stevens, put me in touch with a cousin, Pene, who lives in Auckland, New Zealand. We visited her last weekend, the third time we’ve gotten together during visits from Hawai‘i.

Bonnie never met Pene face to face, only via the internet. That’s a shame.

Anyway, here’s what I wrote back in March 2006 about the family relationship, quoting Bonnie.

I was able to introduce myself yesterday (via email) to a newly discovered cousin in New Zealand, Pene Quin. My sister explains the relationship:

Our grandfather Lind had one brother who remained in Scotland: James Lind. James married twice. There were 8 children by his first wife, and one by his second: William Buchanan Lind. He was born in 1918, so would be 5 years younger than our father. He is Pene’s father. Pene is our 2nd cousin. She is starving for Lind family, thought she was the only one left in the entire world! Little did she know!!!!

So greetings to Pene.

Thank you, Bonnie, for extending our family through your genealogical sleuthing.