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aurther
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Family Relations
« on: Jan 17th, 2012, 12:04am » |
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What relation would your father's sister's sister-in-law be to you? (no typo carefully crafted)
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Re: Family Relations
« Reply #1 on: Jan 17th, 2012, 5:33am » |
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She could be your mother (or step-mother) -- your father's wife would be your aunt's sister-in-law -- or she could be your aunt -- the wife of another of your father's siblings would also be your aunt's sister-in-law.
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aurther
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Re: Family Relations
« Reply #2 on: Jan 17th, 2012, 6:40am » |
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yes that would be your mother!
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Re: Family Relations
« Reply #3 on: Jan 17th, 2012, 7:03am » |
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As I noted, though, that's not the only possible answer.
Consider, for instance, this subset of my actual real-life family:
Myself: S.
My Father: J., unmarried
My Mother: L., deceased
My Father's Sister -- My Aunt: D.
My Father's Sister's Husband -- My Uncle: R.
My Father's Sister's Husband's Sister -- no relation to me: K.
My Father's Brother -- My Uncle: C.
My Father's Brother's Wife -- My Aunt: P.
"My Father's Sister's Sister-In-Law" could properly describe any of my mother L., my aunt P., or K. who is of no relation to me at all. What's more, since my mother is no longer alive, she would be the least-likely choice of the three. Further, if my father had remarried, his new wife, my stepmother, would also be a possible answer. Thus there are at least three possible correct answers to the question other than "my mother."
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Re: Family Relations
« Reply #4 on: Jan 17th, 2012, 7:34am » |
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Or, if I were a girl and my father's sister married my (half-)brother (by a different father) then my father's sister's (half-)sister-in-law would be myself...
It's not legal, here in the UK, to marry your aunt, but I imagine it happens from time to time.
And then there's the scenarios involving adoption...
Or the one where she's your grand-mother (two brothers married mother and daughter, and you're the daughter's child from that union)
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Re: Family Relations
« Reply #5 on: Feb 2nd, 2012, 5:26am » |
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Sister
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damat
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Re: Family Relations
« Reply #6 on: Feb 20th, 2012, 3:10am » |
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What a tough puzzle 
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Re: Family Relations
« Reply #7 on: Feb 20th, 2012, 11:35pm » |
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Aunt
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linda17
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Re: Family Relations
« Reply #8 on: Feb 21st, 2012, 4:28am » |
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OMG!!!! I'm confused!! lol
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Re: Family Relations
« Reply #9 on: Feb 21st, 2012, 6:46am » |
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If I am a girl and my father's sister marries the brother of my husband (it should be legally possible), then my father's sister and me are sisters-in-law.
So my father's sister's sister-in-law could me myself.
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Re: Family Relations
« Reply #10 on: Feb 21st, 2012, 6:48pm » |
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Simply my Aunt..  Confused..
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