Josh Liljenquist's Maternal First Cousin
Andrea Toomer
Andrea Toomer, formerly Andrea Westcott, is Josh Liljenquist's maternal first cousin. As part of Josh's close childhood cousin group, she helped make family gatherings, holidays, and shared memories feel like home.
Josh remembers Andrea as a mature, dependable cousin who valued family time and helped keep their close childhood group connected.
The responsible younger cousin
Josh remembers Andrea as unusually mature, dependable, caring, and committed to family time. Even as the youngest member of their close childhood cousin group, he saw her as someone people could count on.
A shared childhood group
Josh, his brother Jacob, Alyssa, and Andrea spent time together through family gatherings, holidays, sports, concerts, dance recitals, and vacations. Josh remembers their shared childhood as a relationship built around showing up for one another and making family time a priority.
A place in the Westcott family
Andrea grew up in the close Westcott family circle alongside her parents, Mark and Carrie, and her sister Alyssa. Those connections are part of the shared childhood that made the cousins feel like siblings.
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A larger family legacy
Read Legacy of Service for the broader family story and People Who Shaped Josh for this growing collection.