Dutch uses the words 'neef' (male) and 'nicht' (female) for both
cousins, nephews and nieces; if necessary, a distinction can be made
with 'oomzegger' ('uncle-sayer') - but nobody says 'tantezegger'
('aunt-sayer.') "Don't call me uncle!"
"Dit is het verhaal van mijn familie" -
- This is the story of my (extended) family.
"De geschiedenis van mijn familie" -
- My (extended) family's history.
"Mijn voorouders komen uit Nederland" -
- My ancestors came from Holland.
(Dutch uses the present tense here, 'come from Holland.')
A beautiful website for searching Dutch last (and first) names is
'Het Meertens Instituut':
English version -
which has maps showing the
distribution of names over the country, both for the 1947 census
and for the 2007 national population registry.
Research your Dutch family history and find present relations in
The Netherlands Phone Directory. It's all in Dutch. Click
'uitgebreid zoeken' below bold 'Zoek' ('search') for a countrywide
search, choose the default ('Of heel Nederland'.)