so here is a relative question (blood, grandmother, father, sibling)

[Th3Puddle]

hypothetical question:


say i have a grandmother who marries a guy who has a son. what does that make his son relative wise to me??


someone asked me this and it made me think about it lol.

[ozarknation]

Originally Posted by Th3Puddle

hypothetical question:


say i have a grandmother who marries a guy who has a son. what does that make his son relative wise to me??


someone asked me this and it made me think about it lol.

His son is not related to you. Period.

[Sarahsez]

Depends. Is the man your grandmother marries your biological grandfather?

If yes, the son is biologically related to you. He is what I would call a half uncle.

If no, the son is not biologically related to you. I would still probably refer to him as a step uncle.

[Th3Puddle]

thank you!!

[PA2UK]

Originally Posted by Sarahsez

Depends. Is the man your grandmother marries your biological grandfather?

If yes, the son is biologically related to you. He is what I would call a half uncle.

That would be a full uncle, not half. If his parents are your grandparents (both of them) there is no half relation.

[Sarahsez]

Originally Posted by PA2UK

That would be a full uncle, not half. If his parents are your grandparents (both of them) there is no half relation.

Oops! You're correct. I was thinking of something else.

[Arkay66]

As her stepson, he'd be a step uncle.

[thinkalot]

Originally Posted by Arkay66

As her stepson, he'd be a step uncle.

Which isn't a relative.

[Arkay66]

Originally Posted by thinkalot

Which isn't a relative.

Correction: is not a blood relative.

"Relative" is a term that applies to non-blood family members, such as the aunt your blood uncle married, your brother-in-law, and all the adopted family members.

[PA2UK]

Originally Posted by Arkay66

Correction: is not a blood relative.

"Relative" is a term that applies to non-blood family members, such as the aunt your blood uncle married, your brother-in-law, and all the adopted family members.

I'm fairly sure that step relations only apply to immediate family - i.e., stepparent, stepchild, step sibling. I don't think step-uncle is really a thing, though people are welcome to use the term within their family, but it is not a legal or genealogical term.