Four cousins were born at two-year intervals. The sum of their ages is 36. What are their ages?

Four cousins were born at two-year intervals. The sum of their ages is 36. What are their ages?

So the last cousin is n years old. this means consecutive cousins are n + 2 years older than the next.

whether their ages are even or odd, we have the sum of 4 consecutive (odd|even) integers equal to 36. We type this into our search engine and we get the ages of:
6, 8, 10, 12