There are posts on SF and other sites that talk about TF's and past lives. For eg, during an astral travel/past life meditation, I was shown that my TF was the husband of a sister in a past life. There's a big juicy *** for ya!

So the protectiveness you feel for your TF, "like a child", and the interconnectedness of your connection to your cousin and your TF - is it possible there are some soul family connections to the big picture here?

I agree that we are "all connected" on a soul/cosmic level, but this concept of the sacred masculine and the sacred feminine and the spiritual pair persists in my brain ... thus my continued investigation into the Twin Flame phenom.

I'm just putting this out for you to contemplate, and I'm no expert on this ... but that's what came up for me when I read your post.