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?
I'd call him "my wife's auntie's cousin".
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?
If your father's brother is your uncle, then presumably your stepfather's brother is your step-uncle?
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?
The last child is only related to one of the other children – s/he and the second-last child are half-siblings. You haven't said how you're related to the last child, but assuming you're cousins (on his/her mother's side), the second-last child would be "my cousin's half-sibling".
You may find specific names for these relationships in some languages, such as those spoken by people for whom kinship is a really big deal, but not English.
Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
on the subject of familial relations
- 16/03/2010 05:50:16 AM
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Wouldn't 2) be a step-uncle?
- 16/03/2010 09:06:50 AM
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Re: Wouldn't 2) be a step-uncle?
- 17/03/2010 02:22:57 AM
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I don't think it's an "official" term, but I think enough people have made it up from first...
- 17/03/2010 09:00:23 AM
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