Hi Donna
Just some general information. You will often find residents of one village immigrating to the same town in America. It is called chain migration. If they were going to move so far, to a new country, life is much easier to go where you know someone. A known person to welcome you, a job and a place to stay.
I have found that the term "cousin and uncle" do not always have the same meaning as we would apply today. I think immigrants often used that term, to ease entry into the USA. They were going to family. This was not a requirement though And in small villages with large families you have many cousins if you go back 3 generations and think of all those inlaws.
Debbie
