What Do You Call Family That Isn T Blood

blackprophet

I accept recently heard people in RL refer to their "Aunt's married man" or "Uncle'south wife".

I would never say that, those are my Uncle and Aunt respectively. How do y'all think near/refer to those people.

Also growing up did you refer to your aunt or uncles past their first name, or by "uncle or aunt _____".

My FI and I were talking about information technology the other day. I've never heard anyone refer to their aunts or uncles by their first name, simply she knows a few people who practice. What do you do?

Hash out.

chrono

Information technology'due south always been Aunt Ten or Uncle Y in our family (and extended family). The more respectful family members will actually use the proper ranking and not the name after the Aunt/Uncle designation, such as eldest Aunt or 2nd Uncle.

JewelFreak

We phone call all our aunts & uncles by their first names & always accept. It was just the way it was & I never thought nigh it. Except my Uncle Tom, because there are iii Toms in the family. When speaking TO him, though, we called him Tom.

I make my nephews & nieces call me past my first name but. Existence called Aunt Laurie makes me feel like a thing, rather than a person.

Equally for spouses, I specify simply if it makes what I'grand saying clearer, as in, "My aunt's married man is Italian." In any other context, I'd refer to him as my uncle.

momhappy

I refer to them with their names and not a "claret" title (such as aunt or uncle).

sonnyjane

Ha. I estimate I'm actually not very equipped to reply this question. My mom is an only kid and my dad is estranged from his family, so aside from "gram and pap" on my mom's side, I've never had to refer to anyone in that mode really. When talking to others about my in-laws I just say "Ten's parents", or "X's brother" instead of "my mother-in-law".

Trekkie

My mother's extended family is Greatcoat Malay and ridiculously big - my grandmother was 1 of 23 children.

I generally refer to all relatives (except parents and siblings, obviously) who are more than 15 years older than me as an aunt or uncle, even when they are get-go, second or third cousins. It's just easier than trying to untangle things.

I didn't realise how frequently I used the terms "my aunt" or "my uncle" until my husband tried to effigy out which relative I meant. Now when speaking of them, I am careful to say, "my grandmother's blood brother so and and so's son/girl with his first/second/tertiary wife". Some of my relatives have multiple wives (yes, at the same time ), so I demand to be explicit about which aunt I'g referring to.

I accost my female parent'due south siblings by their beginning names, simply her closest friend (the woman my mother regarded as a sister), was always Auntie (name).

Where we live it is considered normal and polite to address any person older than you are every bit aunt or uncle (oom/tannie). I have been chosen all sorts of things because I insist on addressing people as Mr and Mrs. When called out on it I just say, "she'due south not my aunt; she's non married to my uncle". :cheeky:

Cehrabehra

Totally depends on the situation. I estimate more, "My hubby's aunt" because I ordinarily want to be specific. There is a huge divergence between my begetter and my hubby's father and then just referring to them both as Dad would need further explanation virtually of the fourth dimension.

amc80

We call them uncle or aunt. The only one I'm non sure of is my aunt's (my mom's sister) wife. They have been together for as long as I tin call up but were just able to get married in December. It's non a big deal to me (I volition only continue to utilise her first name), but I'll need to refer to her as something for the kiddo. I want her to have a title (I like a chip of formality for that sort of thing) but aunt seems odd.

Oh, but I just realized I don't refer to my cousin'due south husband as my cousin. Nor do I refer to my hubby's cousins as my cousins.

TooPatient

Depends.

Nearly of the time I talk well-nigh aunt/uncle + outset proper noun and address them the same mode. So I've got Aunt Sharon, Uncle Bill, etc.
Same for their spouses..... usually!
My aunt's 2nd husband gets spoken about (as trivial equally possible!) as Aunt ____'s husband. No one in the family (including her) likes this man. He's addressed past his first name. Never uncle.

Great aunts/uncles (and a couple of neat-great) are still merely aunt/uncle ____ .

There are some random family people that I think are cousins of some form. They are all just addressed by showtime proper noun and spoken virtually as Cousin ____ . What do you call your granddad'due south sister's daughter'southward kid or your grandmother'due south sister's daughter-in-police's kid (by her first hubby)?

Of course with my little cousins being so young (ten and under) and other cousins having kids of their ain, it gets strange around Grandma's kitchen --

"Mom" could exist my grandmother or my mother or my aunt or my cousin.
"Aunt B___" is actually my mom.
"Mom" might actually be my aunt Southward.

Try singing that for a b-twenty-four hour period party :lol:

JewelFreak

My gosh, what interesting families yous folks have!

AGBF

blackprophet|1396363099|3645014 said:

I have recently heard people in RL refer to their "Aunt'due south husband" or "Uncle's wife".
I would never say that, those are my Uncle and Aunt respectively. How practise you lot retrieve about/refer to those people.

Likewise growing up did yous refer to your aunt or uncles by their first proper noun, or by "uncle or aunt _____".

My FI and I were talking nigh it the other day. I've never heard anyone refer to their aunts or uncles past their showtime name, but she knows a few people who do. What practise yous do?

Discuss.

And practise yous call your slap-up aunts and uncles "Corking Aunt Anna" and, "Dandy Uncle Andrew" when yous refer to them, just simply, "Aunt Anna" and , "Uncle Andy" when you lot address them? Does your godson call you, "Aunt Deborah" because he was raised to do then although you are non a claret relative? What if his family says "Ant" and yours says, "AHHnt"? etc.

Deb/AGBF
:saint:

jaysonsmom

In english language, I utilize "my uncle by union" to distinguish from my "blood uncle"

Thank goodness Chinese people have devised ways to proceed everyone straight!
These are the different names for "uncle" depending on the type of uncle:

Mom'south older bro: Jiou-Jiou
Mom's younger bro: Jiou-Jiou (same equally the first....no distinction on mom's brothers)
Dad's older bro: Buo-Fu
Dad's younger bro: Shu-Shu
Mom's sister's husband: Yi-Chang
Dad's sister'southward husband: Gu-Chang

There is the aforementioned elaborate scheme for Aunts likewise, so yous know which are blood, and which are related "By Marriage".

I forgot to add, when addressing my uncles and aunts, I always say Uncle (insert name) or Auntie (Insert name). The to a higher place examples were simply when I'k talking about them to a tertiary person.

blackprophet

AGBF|1396377001|3645189 said:

blackprophet|1396363099|3645014 said:

I have recently heard people in RL refer to their "Aunt's hubby" or "Uncle'south married woman".
I would never say that, those are my Uncle and Aunt respectively. How do yous think about/refer to those people.

Also growing up did yous refer to your aunt or uncles by their start name, or by "uncle or aunt _____".

My FI and I were talking about information technology the other solar day. I've never heard anyone refer to their aunts or uncles by their kickoff name, simply she knows a few people who practice. What do you practise?

Hash out.

And do you call your great aunts and uncles "Great Aunt Anna" and, "Peachy Uncle Andrew" when yous refer to them, but simply, "Aunt Anna" and , "Uncle Andy" when you accost them? Does your godson call you, "Aunt Deborah" considering he was raised to exercise and so although yous are non a blood relative? What if his family says "Emmet" and yours says, "AHHnt"? etc.
Deb/AGBF

Just looking for dissimilar perspectives, as yous tin see virtually everone has a dissimilar answer. I gave my perspective to start it off, at that place is no right or wrong answer.

The but Great Aunt I have that I really met, I met in 2012. And I called her Grandmother because that is what everyone called her (including her kids). I have no thought why, where my family is from everyone has a name they are normally known as. And that proper noun is seldom their showtime name.

My godchildren telephone call me by first name, but that is considering I was around 21 when they were born, we were almost withal kids ourselves!

packrat

Nosotros apply Aunt/Uncle. My mom'south mom is Gramma Maybelle. My kids call her Mimi. My dad'south mom was Gramma w/the Kitties, and that'southward how my kids referred to her as well b/c information technology messed ME upward trying to call her Nifty Gramma. There is a husband/wife who are family friends that I've known my entire life, practically another fix of parents--I put them in my wedding ceremony program as In Town Parents, and my kids telephone call them Aunt/Uncle. We have a few friends of our own we sometimes refer to as Aunt/Uncle to the kids.

ImperfectGirl

Aunts and Uncles who married into the family and have been in my life since I was a kid are referred to equally Aunt Then&And so and Uncle So&So. The ones who married in since I've been an developed are chosen past their first proper name. I'm 31 yrs old and it seems odd to telephone call a man who married my aunt 3 yrs ago Uncle Dan.

iLander

Not claret relatives?

I call them anemic.

:lol: :lol:

zoebartlett

I call my aunts and uncles Aunt ____ and Uncle _____.

I'm not an aunt however (well, by wedlock I suppose I am), but I would hate to be called Aunt Zoe. Zoe's just fine with me. My husband has several nieces and nephews who are anywhere from 5-20ish? years younger than him, and he even has a few great-nephews and a great niece. No one calls him Uncle _____. They either refer to him by first proper name or by one of the several nicknames the family uses.

missy

My aunt and uncle (mom'south blood brother and sister in law) asked us to call them by their outset names when we hit boyhood so we do. Before that we chosen them Aunt_ _ _ and Uncle_ _ _. We have a very pocket-sized family then that'due south it for Aunt and Uncles.

My nieces and nephew on each side of the family (my sister's children and my dh'southward siblings children) telephone call united states Aunt Missy and Uncle Greg. When they become older I will probably ask them to call us by our first names just knowing my sis and brother in law they won't like it so depending on how strongly they feel nigh it I won't brand a fuss. Merely I think at a certain age calling us Aunt_ and Uncle_ is a bit much.

zoebartlett

missy|1396386010|3645316 said:

My aunt and uncle (mom's brother and sister in law) asked us to call them by their first names when nosotros hit adolescence and so we do. Before that we called them Aunt_ _ _ and Uncle_ _ _. We have a very modest family unit so that'southward it for Aunt and Uncles.
My nieces and nephew on each side of the family (my sister'south children and my dh'due south siblings children) phone call us Aunt Missy and Uncle Greg. When they get older I will probably inquire them to telephone call us by our first names just knowing my sis and brother in law they won't like it so depending on how strongly they feel nearly it I won't brand a fuss. Simply I retrieve at a sure historic period calling us Aunt_ and Uncle_ is a bit much.

Although I still use Aunt _____ and Uncle ______, my sister calls anybody just by their first name, I recollect. I recollect she feels similar she's outgrown addressing them past Aunt ____ and Uncle ____.

KaeKae

All of my parents' siblings and their spouses were and still are called Aunt____ and Uncle____. With the exception of ane uncle'southward wife, who is actually younger than I am. That would be just weird, though that uncle has referred to he equally "your Aunt____." But then,he'due south the rex of sarcasm. My parents' cousins and their spouses were also called Aunt/Uncle, out of respect to an adult. I oasis't seen any of them in years now, though.

My kids do the aforementioned with the aunts and uncles. They also call our best friends Aunt____ and Uncle____. My brother and I did the same with a few of our parents' friends and nevertheless exercise today, when we encounter them. It's merely a thing of respect, as well equally tradition.

Chewbacca

My non-claret aunts and uncles I refer to as Aunt ____ or Uncle ____. Some of my aunts and uncles have also said its OK to drop the championship post-childhood, but I find it just slips out from habit! I endeavor not to though.

I can't imagine being called Aunt myself! As a side note, my SO doesn't like the idea of beingness called Dad. We know a couple of kids who telephone call their parents by Mum/Dad besides every bit their beginning names! Its quite startling to hear "Fiona, where is my xanthous jumper?" coming out of the month of a three year old talking to their mother! :lol:

April20

Trekkie|1396365896|3645037 said:

My mother's extended family is Greatcoat Malay and ridiculously large - my grandmother was one of 23 children.
I generally refer to all relatives (except parents and siblings, obviously) who are more than than fifteen years older than me as an aunt or uncle, even when they are outset, second or third cousins. It's just easier than trying to untangle things.

I didn't realise how frequently I used the terms "my aunt" or "my uncle" until my husband tried to figure out which relative I meant. Now when speaking of them, I am careful to say, "my grandmother'due south brother and so and so'southward son/daughter with his first/second/third wife". Some of my relatives have multiple wives (yeah, at the same time ), so I need to be explicit about which aunt I'm referring to.

I address my mother's siblings by their first names, just her closest friend (the woman my mother regarded as a sis), was ever Auntie (name).

Where we live it is considered normal and polite to address any person older than y'all are as aunt or uncle (oom/tannie). I have been called all sorts of things because I insist on addressing people equally Mr and Mrs. When chosen out on it I merely say, "she's not my aunt; she's not married to my uncle".

Trekkie, I was chosen "Auntie" by anyone fifty-fifty slightly younger than me the entire time we lived in Jo'burg. I rather similar the custom!

April20

My parents divorced when I was two and both remarried and had families. I have a lot of family that I'chiliad non related to by claret only as far as I'm concerned family is family unit regardless of how we are continued. I refer to them equally aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. because to me they are. I do clarify with DHs family only to explain that I am continued to them via him.

madelise

jaysonsmom|1396377349|3645193 said:

In english, I use "my uncle by wedlock" to distinguish from my "blood uncle"
Give thanks goodness Chinese people have devised means to keep everyone straight!
These are the different names for "uncle" depending on the type of uncle:

Mom's older bro: Jiou-Jiou
Mom's younger bro: Jiou-Jiou (same equally the offset....no distinction on mom'south brothers)
Dad's older bro: Buo-Fu
Dad'southward younger bro: Shu-Shu
Mom'south sister's husband: Yi-Chang
Dad's sister's husband: Gu-Chang

In that location is the same elaborate scheme for Aunts too, and so you lot know which are claret, and which are related "Past Marriage".

I forgot to add together, when addressing my uncles and aunts, I e'er say Uncle (insert name) or Auntie (Insert name). The above examples were only when I'm talking about them to a third person.

http://youtu.be/nCFRoILS1jY

AN0NYM0US

We call them Aunt _____ and Uncle _______. Always.

I was taught it was a sign of respect to utilise the titles. Same for grandparents, just not cousins.

ForteKitty

I accost them as Aunt ABC & Uncle XYZ when I speak to them. Yet, when someone asks, "who is that man continuing next to the woman in bluish/carmine/purple?", I respond with, "that is my aunt's married man." If I say, "that is my uncle", the next question is ordinarily, "your mom's brother or your aunt'south husband?" I detest wasting time clarifying something that could have been defined in the first place.

ForteKitty

jaysonsmom|1396377349|3645193 said:

In english, I use "my uncle by union" to distinguish from my "blood uncle"
Give thanks goodness Chinese people take devised ways to go on everyone straight!
These are the different names for "uncle" depending on the type of uncle:

Mom'southward older bro: Jiou-Jiou
Mom's younger bro: Jiou-Jiou (same as the first....no distinction on mom's brothers)
Dad's older bro: Buo-Fu
Dad's younger bro: Shu-Shu
Mom's sis'southward husband: Yi-Chang
Dad's sister'southward husband: Gu-Chang

There is the aforementioned elaborate scheme for Aunts as well, so you know which are blood, and which are related "By Wedlock".

I forgot to add together, when addressing my uncles and aunts, I always say Uncle (insert proper noun) or Auntie (Insert name). The above examples were only when I'k talking about them to a third person.

http://youtu.exist/nCFRoILS1jY

So complicated! Plus I have bug with the patriarchal naming system.

What nosotros call our grandparents are totally wrong. We call both grandpas: yeh yeh (proper proper name for paternal granddad only). The proper name for maternal grandfather is actually wai-gong. We call my maternal grandma: ah-puo, a mix between Taiwanese and Mandarin. Ah-mah is grandma in Taiwanese, wai-puo is grandma in mandarin. Ah in Taiwanese is a term of endearment. Wai literally means Outside or Outsider. :angryfire: Apparently as a kid, I was so offended that my closer fix of grandparents were given the "lower" condition that I refused to phone call them that. My mom said I decided to take one character from each language and mash them together and that'south what nosotros went with. My grandparents didn't care. They were simply happy that their ABC grandkids spoke Chinese!

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