VANITY: "Confusin-laws" ... My son is about to marry the cousin of his sister's husband.

4-26-08 | Jo Nuvark

[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.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Son in law’s uncle/aunt ?

Have you thought about an assassin? It would be simpler.

[KJC1]

Funniest reply on this thread!

[labette]

Hmm.

I think those folks used to live next door.

[skinkinthegrass]

I say just call yourself FLDS members and call it a day...
LOL....that (unfortunately) maybe too close to the truth.

[Octar]

If their kids have webbed feet, encourage them to become frogmen.

[Jo Nuvark]

[...As the husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa!”...]

[EDINVA]

These kinds of relationships were very common in my parents’ generation. Generally, the people would refer to each other by their primary relationship. My husband’s family just calls everyone ‘cousin’ regardless of how distant removed or how close. Keeps things simple.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Sometimes it’s easier to just eliminate the problem.

[dr_lew]

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

As I understand it, the answer is no. My sister-in-law's husband is just my sister-in-law's husband. Your son's sister's husband is his brother-in-law, but his brother-in-law's cousin is just his brother-in-law's cousin.

Obligatory song.

[Jo Nuvark]

[... Have you thought about an assassin? It would be simpler...]

If it was a ninja, maybe. LOL!

Assassin-law?

[Drango]

Is there a name for the relationship

Southerners call it typical.

[IYellAtMyTV]

[Jo Nuvark]

You gave me a great idea.

Becousin-law

[Jo Nuvark]

Jo: Is there a name for it?
Drango: Southerners call it typical.

Best post! LOL!

[JRios1968]

[org.whodat]

West Virginia

[Caramelgal]

My son is about to marry the cousin of his sister's husband.

First of all your son is not a blood relative of his sister’s husband’s cousin.

So what is the objection? Do you have some other underlying objection to this marriage? Or do you feel the need to explain to anyone and everyone you meet, the distant marital, non-blood, in-law relationship?

Living on the East Coast, I have cousins who live and grew up in California who I haven’t seen or had any contact with since 1976.

Suppose I meet a really great guy who I will choose to call “Fred” and I find out that “Fred” is the cousin of one of my cousin’s in-laws?

I and my family would just introduce him as my fiancé “Fred” and I wouldn’t feel any need to explain the distant non-blood “in-law” relationship to anyone but my closest friends and then only as a “isn’t a small world” sort of strange coincidence sort of thing.

[DarthVader]

Jo,

It sounds like something from West Virginia!! >:0)

[Jo Nuvark]

You bring up a good point about west coast and
east coast relatives.

We in fact are delighted about the unions. This
family is well known, thus people around town
sort of have heard about it. So (when asked) we
find ourselves trying to explain the connections.
It’s actually fun and makes for good converstaion.
The quest for a shorter explanation is merely a
friendly exercise.

[Jo Nuvark]

Hi DV....

Yes, I’m getting a kick out of the West Virginia and
Arkansa comments.

How are you doing?