Karunya and Hemchandra first cousins

Sorry guys if this has already been discussed in the forum, but I came across this in Karunya's chat transcript.

Here's the link to the chat transcript

https://indianidol.sifymax.in/chat/karunya1/

So Karunya and Hemchandra are first cousins.....

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me_coolgul asks hiiii karunya.....u have made hyderabad proud...nuvvu chala baga padathavu......sing d same way and all our best wishes r wid u.....i heard hem chandra is ur cousin ...is it true???plzz answer my question plzzzzzzzzzz
karunya says Yes, Hemachandra is my first cousin. :) And thanx for your good wishes.

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