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This stems from a mild discussion in a neighbourhood bar this week.
Okay, so you marry a woman who has a married brother.
The brother and his wife have three children, two girls and a boy, these kids have forever been your new wife's nephew and nieces.
Now, as they call you uncle, are they really YOUR nephew and nieces too, or is there such a thing as niece/nephew in-law?
It's a bit like the relationship between you, (as a man), and your wife's brother's wife, your wife's brother is your brother-in-law, but technically his wife is no relation to you at all, even though you think of her, and possibly refer to her, as your sister-in-law.
She is probably, in the final analysis, simply your brother-in-law's wife.
The guy in question in the bar, WANTED to call his wife's nieces his nieces too, and although he knew that no one would question that, he was just airing the thought that was he REALLY their uncle?
I chipped in my five cents by saying that he was overthinking it, just say, 'my nieces', nobody will argue it.
I guess that I could google this, but some input may be interesting.
they are your nieces and nephews, even if not related by blood.
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Originally Posted by fluffypoopoo
Yeah, they're still your nieces/nephews — just not through blood.
I agree with these posters.
Perhaps it goes back to your wedding vows with your spouse "and two shall become one" or "joined together" or whatever, your spouse's nieces and nephews are your nieces and nephews, too.
Thanks for all your replies, "Whacky" Pete will be overjoyed to find that he is a gen-you-wine Uncle when I see him over a shot of Stoly tonight.
Now, how about my assertion that your brother-in-law's wife, (not your sister), is just that, your brother-in-law's wife, NOT your sister-in-law.
To be up front, I googled this, and some sites said she is NOT your sister-in-law, but more said that you could say that she is.
As I personally think that my brother-in-law's wife, (my wife's sister-in-law), is an absolute 2.50 diamond carat lady, I am proud to call her, and think of her, as my sister-in-law.
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Personally I feel it should be the way the individual wants to think of it.
If you feel affection towards that person, by all means call her your sis-in-law. If you don't give a rats you know what, then it is 'my wife's sis-in-law'.
On the topic of nieces and nephews...my husband's sister's (my SIL) kids are my nephews. I wouldn't consider them anything other than that.
My SIL's husband is my husband's brother in-law to me. I don't consider him my brother-in-law. I suppose if I liked him better I could consider him something. To me, he's just SIL's husband. LOL.
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