I feel unappreciated at home?

I'm the youngest of my family and the mother side of my family. I'm Chinese. I'm a girl. If you know the typical Chinese customs, then you should know that women and children do not invoke much respect from the family (as compared to older men). It just hurts that when I'm at gatherings for the mother side (which is often) no one talks to me but my sister. The older cousins talk to my sister more and I feel really lonely there. Whenever I talk to some older cousins, they give me one sentence replies and talk to someone else. I just feel that even though I know that my older cousins deserve more praise than I do (since they're older and have accomplished more) I still deserve some praise because I do well in school and I know that I'm just as capable as them and I know that if I was the older girl cousin or the youngest boy cousin, I'd get attention too but I'm neither. I'm not trying to be an attention grabber but you know, kids like me want attention even if it's only for five minutes. Anyone else feel this way? Thanks!