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VANITY: "Confusin-laws" ... My son is about to marry the cousin of his sister's husband.
4-26-08 | Jo Nuvark

Posted on 04/26/2008 8:54:23 PM PDT by Jo Nuvark

The inlaws would like a word to help us define our relationships.

Is there a name for the relationship the parents have to each other?

We are more like sisters than inlaws. Explaining the marriages makes

your brain explode so we'd like to find a short name to tell the story

more succinctly.

My daughter is her brother's cousin in-law.

My son is his sister's cousin in-law.

My daughter's mother in law is her brother's aunt.

My son's mother in-law is his sister's aunt.


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KEYWORDS: allinthefamily; brotherhusband; cousin; cousins; cuethebanjos; familyties; familytrees; proverbs221; whatsinaname; whosacallit
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1 posted on 04/26/2008 8:54:24 PM PDT by Jo Nuvark
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To: Vicki; Stoat; goodnesswins; Libertina; sionnsar; Baynative; DennisR; Horatio Gates; bigfootbob; ...

Can you name it ping?


2 posted on 04/26/2008 8:56:18 PM PDT by Jo Nuvark (Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
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To: Jo Nuvark

Keep that going and you’ll turn out to be your own grandparent... :)


3 posted on 04/26/2008 8:56:43 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa
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Just say they’re your Arkans-laws.


4 posted on 04/26/2008 8:56:51 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: Jo Nuvark

Good grief....this is a question for Jerry Springer, not FreeRepublic.


5 posted on 04/26/2008 8:57:17 PM PDT by SENTINEL (SGT USMC....TRY BURNING THIS FLAG, ROCKCHUCKER !!)
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To: SENTINEL

I know what you’re thinking.
NO... they are not marrying
their own cousins. Fortunately,
the cousins are from an entirely
other family.

Springer in -law


6 posted on 04/26/2008 8:59:38 PM PDT by Jo Nuvark (Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
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To: Jo Nuvark

It’s times like this when I find myself hoping to marry an orphan.

Seriously though, sounds like you’re over complicating the situation.

“Brother-in-law’s cousin” sounds right.


7 posted on 04/26/2008 8:59:59 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (Mohammedanism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
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To: Jo Nuvark

I see a whole new opportunity here for Hallmark cards ....


8 posted on 04/26/2008 9:00:23 PM PDT by Tuba Guy ("Don't Tread On Me")
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To: MediaMole

Arkansin laws ... I like!


9 posted on 04/26/2008 9:00:54 PM PDT by Jo Nuvark (Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
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To: Jo Nuvark

I say just call yourself FLDS members and call it a day.

(JUST kidding, people.....)


10 posted on 04/26/2008 9:01:03 PM PDT by Politicalmom (The children were taken because they were either being raised to be raped, or raised to be a rapist.)
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To: Jo Nuvark

Shirt tail relative? :-)


11 posted on 04/26/2008 9:01:56 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: MediaMole
I agree, just tell everyone your from the deep south and they will know what is going on. If they don't get that just explain that the family tree doesn't have too many branches....
13 posted on 04/26/2008 9:02:02 PM PDT by oldenuff2no
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To: Jo Nuvark

To clarify, B-i-L’s cousin if your son is needing to explain the situation.

Otherwise, you can’t go wrong by calling her first cousin once removed. /shrug


14 posted on 04/26/2008 9:02:27 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (Mohammedanism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
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To: Dr.Zoidberg

Our problem is introducing the parents.
It seems to go on and on trying to describe
who we are to each other.


15 posted on 04/26/2008 9:02:31 PM PDT by Jo Nuvark (Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
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To: Jo Nuvark

Keep it simple.

Try Mom and Dad. As for the other parents, they’re Mom and Dad, too.

You can leave the “cousin of my sister’s husband” part right the heck out of it, unless you’re looking for unnecessary conversation.


16 posted on 04/26/2008 9:02:37 PM PDT by John Valentine
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Many, many years ago when I was twenty-three
I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her and soon they, too, were wed.

This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life
For my daughter was my mother, ‘cause she was my father’s wife.
To complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.

My little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad
And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad
For if he was my uncle, then that also made him brother
To the widow’s grown-up daughter, who, of course, was my step-mother.

My father’s wife then had a son who kept them on the run
And he became my grand-child, ‘cause he was my daughter’s son.
My wife is now my mother’s mother, and it makes me blue
Because, although she is my wife, she’s my grandmother too.

If my wife is my grandmother, then I am her grandchild
And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw
(This has got to be the strangest thing I ever saw)
As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpaw.

Chorus
I’m my own grandpaw
I’m my own grandpaw
It sounds funny I know
but it really is so
Oh, I’m my own grandpaw.


17 posted on 04/26/2008 9:02:54 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (McCain will send a self-abused stomped elephant to the DRNC.)
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To: Jo Nuvark
Does your computer desktop look anything like this?


18 posted on 04/26/2008 9:03:22 PM PDT by JRios1968 ("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
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To: Politicalmom

FLDS member? Yeah... er ... no. LOL!


19 posted on 04/26/2008 9:03:39 PM PDT by Jo Nuvark (Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
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To: JRios1968

LOL!


20 posted on 04/26/2008 9:04:19 PM PDT by Jo Nuvark (Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
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