#and his Sindarin is heavily Falathrim and a little Northern Mithrim

[squirrelwrangler]

Had to double-check my math but even with the addition from this post, Ereinion Gil-galad is still enough cousins-removed that Elrond is his closest living relative. Or, okay, almost. He was first cousins to Idril (and Maeglin), so he is Elrond's first cousin twice-removed. Through his grandmother, Delieth, he is Celebrían's second cousin once-removed or Celeborn's first cousin twice removed, which is the same as Elrond but on the distaff line. And Delieth was close to estranged from her family, so nobody takes that bit of Nandorian ancestry into account like they do for Nimloth (second cousin once removed making Elwing a second cousin twice-removed and thus Elrond has that extra cousin tie). Gil-galad is second cousin to Finduilas, but Finduilas's mom raised him, he thinks of her practically as a sister. Círdan is still the main male paternal figure, but he also had Astordil, Annael's husband, and later Annael himself to impart the stories about his birthplace so Gil-galad still emotionally ties himself to his bio-parents and grandfather Fingolfin in what little way he can- but they are as much stories to him as Orodreth and Nargothrond. Still, he has that tie to Eärendil strongest via Idril-Turgon but also a bit via association adoption to Tuor.