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40 years ago my step dad had a child with my (ex) wife's sister who would be my sons aunt. So the big question is would he (my step dad) be my sons uncle? He and the mother were never married. The kids in their 40's now are cousins. The ex and I even named our son after my step dad. He was born a year before the other child. I hope that this makes sense.......
I'm not an expert in genealogy but i would think that he's still considered a Step-Grandfather since he never married that sister. I don't think genealogy recognizes common law marriages or alternative relationships. My aunt's second partner/boyfriend has been with her for the past 20 yrs and they've never tied the knot. I've always called him Paul, not Uncle Paul.
I don't know within the rules of relationships (if there is such a thing), but I think that the spouse married to the blood aunt/uncle is considered such only as long as they are married. Or, if there's a particularly strong social relationship ... like they were married all during your lifetime but no longer are.
A child is not related to a non-blood relative such as a step-dad.
The mother's sister is a blood aunt on the maternal side of her family. As there was no marriage, he is not Uncle X. Your step-dad is the step-grandfather to your son and nothing more; he doesn't have an uncle. Don't confuse your child with genealogical facts until he is much older. In this case the kids are cousins on the maternal side.
I grew up calling my Aunt's husband Uncle. it was a title in "name only" as they did not have children. We were cousins "in name only, too. I do not have any first cousins as father had the one sister, and mother had no siblings. .
My ancestor had 18 children and was married four times. When his wife died, he married her sister, they had one child; he listed her children as his step-children in the 1870 census. His 17 natural children had one half-brother. The other two wives were "no-shows" so to speak as they bore him no children. Therefore these two step-mothers were not blood related to him or my family in any way, shape or form. It took a full year of intense research to sort out.
Steps aren't relatives. I leave them out of the tree.
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