Most stereotypical Lacombe man of all time?

That dude definitely prefers to be called some bullshite rap name like Young Cheese and not "Lee"

Mm hmm. He’s one of those coo-zans.

Lol so hilarious

Has to use his hands to even get a bulge in his microceps!

He checks every box

I was unaware of this exact stereotype.

He looks like one of the "Cuzans" that live out that way.

The Cuzans are a large, extended Lacombe family. They all sorta look alike. Hazel eyes, light skin and freckles on the bridges of their noses. They always have some combination of those features.

He's a Cuzan for sure.

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35-year-old Lee Cousin

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They all pronounce cousin as cuzan.

Forgive this question, but what is he?

Cousins: In a small town, racial lines cross and blur

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Deacon Steve Ferran of Sacred Heart Church of Lacombe, blesses graves with holy water during All Saints Day at the Lafontaine "Hilltop" Cemetery in Lacombe, Thursday, November 1, 2012. In Western Christian theology, the day commemorates all those who have attained the beatific vision in Heaven. The cemetery was started in 1852 when Felix Cousin was the first to be buried there.

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That family has been there a while....

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Peter Cousin, a deputy assessor for St. Tammany Parish, sat in the dining room of the home he built himself, looking over the pictures, maps and other documents that trace his roots across racial lines.

His almond-colored skin suggests he is a white man. He considers himself black.

"I'm of French heritage and maybe 10 other parts," he said.

Across town, Marvin Cousin, a retired machinist, stood on the back porch of his family's camp on Bayou Lacombe, flicking cigarette ashes into the water.

His mahogany skin suggests he is a black man. He considers himself white.

"Am I a mixed breed? Yes ma'am, I am," he said. "My daddy was French and my mama was Spanish and Indian. The black comes in on my mama's side. I have cousins up the street there who are black. There's things I found out, I'm proud of it. This town here is the most amazing that you've ever seen."

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Peter and Marvin Cousin, both 66 and distant cousins, are living examples of Lacombe's racial ambiguity.

While the two are not friends, they know each other and readily acknowledge that they are related, though neither knows exactly how. That their last name is Cousin and their roots are buried in Lacombe is enough. Only three Cousins settled in Lacombe during its infancy, and "we're all related somehow," Peter Cousin said.

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"The French people were liberal people when it came to race relations," he said. "Color didn't mean too much to them. They were Romeos. They liked black women, they liked white women."

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