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on the subject of familial relations moondog Send a noteboard - 16/03/2010 05:50:16 AM
i have been wondering about how to call certain specific familial situations and i'm hoping that we have some genealogists here that can help me out :) so, without further ado....

1) what do you call the male cousin of your spouse's uncle's wife? in other words, your spouse's mother's brother (by blood), marries a woman who has a cousin. is he just simply "cousin"? or is there some more specific name for this relationship?

2) what do you call your mother's husband's brother? your mother marries a man who is not your father, and he has a brother. brother in law? uncle in law?

3) a couple has a child. the husband has another child with a different woman. that different woman has another child with a different man. that different man has another child with yet another different woman. you are related to that last child, how are you specifically related to those other (half) siblings?
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on the subject of familial relations - 16/03/2010 05:50:16 AM 298 Views
Re: on the subject of familial relations - 16/03/2010 06:35:42 AM 193 Views
Re: on the subject of familial relations - 16/03/2010 06:45:11 AM 176 Views
Wouldn't 2) be a step-uncle? - 16/03/2010 09:06:50 AM 172 Views
Re: Wouldn't 2) be a step-uncle? - 17/03/2010 02:22:57 AM 144 Views
Don't bother with the labels. - 16/03/2010 05:27:56 PM 155 Views
Re: on the subject of familial relations - 17/03/2010 12:46:14 AM 157 Views

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