“My dad’s second cousin went to prison for stealing.

When he came back, he tried to get back with his girlfriend.

But his son was already dating her.”

alligator peeking out of the water

Here are 27 wild stories about family members.

We also included some replies fromthese twoReddit threads.

u/mattymaniac

2. u/JustPlainSimpleGarak

3.

person saying, we figured we'll keep it in the family

“My cousin got his hands on a pet alligator.

I hope he’s doing well (the gator I mean).”

u/PostPostModernism

4.

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‘I didn’t want to miss the conversation.’

Needless to say, the conversation effectively stopped once this happened."

u/words_happen

5.

jerry springer saying, you can't make this stuff up

“[In the] early 2000s, I took my cousin Bubba to a house party.

He knew no one there besides me and my husband.

He ended up living there for the next six months.”

person saying, what the F

u/MissSassifras1977

6.

He took a gun along to keep himself entertained.

He returned to the campsite covered in the shrapnel of his bad decision."

person saying, you're an awful awful person

u/SchrodingersNutsack

7.

“My dad’s second cousin went to prison for stealing.

When he came back, he tried to get back with his girlfriend.

But his son was already dating her.”

u/chiefocc

8.

“At Thanksgiving, my cousin snuck her IUD into the mashed potatoes.

I still dont know why she did that.”

Anonymous

9.

‘, referring to his girlfriend.

That sure got a good reaction from my grandma."

u/PrancingGophers

10.

He’s a family gem."

“EDIT: Been receiving a lot of questions regarding his success in this mission.

Let’s just say, who knew police stations were difficult to break into?”

u/Havins

11.

“He was in the news for stalkingTaylor Swifta while back.”

“My grandpa had a habit of putting things up his nose and sneezing them out for comedic effect.

One Sunday night at dinner, he shoved three kernels of corn up his nose.

We laughed pretty hard until we realized only two kernels came out.

The third one didn’t come out until the following Tuesday.

We called him ‘the kernel’ for at least three months.”

u/Forever_Man

13.

“My older cousin is a raging alcoholic.

He still showed up and got completely hammered and was mad the entire night.

(The engagement lasted two days.)”

“My cousins on one side of my family suck and are the trashiest people ever.

One cousin (female) dated this poor guy, got pregnant, then had his kid.

He was a super nice guy but dumb as hell.

So her kids are cousins and brothers at the same time.

Jerry Springer shit.”

u/bobbybouchier

16.

“My cousin is a criminal, but an inept one.

But because he’s family, no one pressed charges.”

“My stepfather once kicked in my door at 4 a.m. and threw a live chicken on my head.

All he said was ‘Put that up when you go to school.’

Never found out what he was doing with that chicken.”

u/psychosythe

20.

“My uncle on my father’s side, a famous musical artist here in Colombia.

“My stepbrother ‘Wayne’ is a Grade-A moron.

One time, Wayne decided he wanted to work at a locally owned vegetable farm despite having zero experience.

He went right up to the owner of this farm and asked for a job.

Apparently impressed by my stepbrothers boldness, the owner hired him.

jess_tha_best

22.

Yes, he went to jail.”

u/spcarlin

23.

“I have a cousin who is a nurse.

There were a few of these videos and each one made you wonder what was wrong with her.

She was promptly fired from her job.”

u/Letspostsomething

24.

“My cousin lied to our entire family about getting into a prestigious university.

“Needless to say, he eventually came clean but we have not discussed it since.

It’s just this big, strange lie.

jessicalynch86

25.

“My aunt embezzled money from the family company.

Close to $250k in cash.

She’s been taken out of the will and the embezzlement and fraud cases are pending.”

u/Smarter_not_harder

26.

He got arrested for it.

Then the story was in the news (online local paper).

It read “[Cousin] is charged with robbery, breaking and entering, and car theft.

Cousin decided to comment on the story: ‘I didn’t steal a car.’

Trashiest thing ever.”