Little Cousins or Actual Cousins?

Father Gerald Langevin (son of **Edgar Langevin) recently posted on the Livingston family Facebook page:

My dad 's, Ed’s, understanding was that Archbishop Langevin referred to my Grandpa Joe and his brothers and sisters as “his little cousins”, but that there was no actual relation.

I have the utmost respect for these comments, but I’ve discovered a newspaper article that offers a different opinion. First, here’s a description of John Baptiste Langevin, brother of Joseph Langevin (1857-1933) and husband of Marie Claire Lafreniere*, published by the Winnipeg Tribune on April 16, 1936:

 
John Baptiste had an interesting life. He did not marry until he returned from the Klondike in 1920. He wed Mary Anna Leonard in 1920 and she had three children from a previous marriage. John Baptiste became an employee at the Duplex Printing Press company in Urbandale, Battle Creek, Michigan where he worked until age 62. Here's an article published by the Battle Creek Moon Journal describing John Baptiste's last days:

*In all posts, I always refer back to 2 primary ancestors: Helen Langevin and her husband, Ulric Livingston. Helen's parents were Joseph Langevin (1857-1933) and his wife, Marie Claire Lafreniere (1863-1936).

** Edgar Langevin is the son of Joseph Alphonse Langevin (1895-1956) and Anna Edna Jones (1904-1982). CPR train engineer Joseph Alphonse died in 1956 from extensive burns sustained when a gasoline truck collided with his train. Joseph Alphonse's parents were Joseph Langevin and Marie Claire Lafreniere. To learn more, refer to the May 2021 Marguerite Helen Langevin Livingston Lafreniere blog post.