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In the **Vampire Knight anime** it is revealed that Senri Shiki's father is
Rido Kuran and Rido Kuran is Kaname Kuran's uncle. However, Kaname and Senri
never refer each other as cousins or family.

**Are Kaname and Senri cousins?**

and

**Why isn't Senri called Senri Kuran?**

[![Senri](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bSBpom.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bSBpom.png)

[![Kaname](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HoMm5m.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HoMm5m.jpg)


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Are Senri and Kaname cousins?


Yes, Senri is the cousin of Kaname, and with that also of Yuki. He only
referred to him as a cousin once during the vampire ball. Here he tells Rima
that he is going to support his cousin.

I don't remember it ever being revealed as to why they are not referring to
each other as family, this might be due to the confusion the difference in
last name might cause.

The reason as to why he has his mothers name and not his fathers name has not
been revealed either. This usually is the choice of the parents.

> When you marry you choose which name to carry on or if you'd like to keep
> your names separate for job purposes (like a few of my teachers did). Some
> families need a male heir so the man takes on the woman's last name to carry
> on the family business. Most of the time the woman takes the man's last name
> though. Children don't really have a choice in the matter and most of the
> time they get the father's last name (except if he was accepted into the
> woman's family in which case they get the woman's family name).
> [source](https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080106081940AAVlVLB)


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