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Hitesh_best Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
blood relations - maternal aunt, maternal uncle
Hello friends, I have a query,
Mother's sister is called maternal aunt. What is wife of mother's brother called? Can she be also called maternal aunt? I read a book and it addressed both mother's sister and wife of mother's brother as maternal aunt. Is it correct? Are there other names for it also?
On the similar lines, can husband of mother's sister be called maternal uncle?
Thanks for reading this post and thanks for the upcoming replies.
Mother's sister is called maternal aunt. What is wife of mother's brother called? Can she be also called maternal aunt? I read a book and it addressed both mother's sister and wife of mother's brother as maternal aunt. Is it correct? Are there other names for it also?
On the similar lines, can husband of mother's sister be called maternal uncle?
Thanks for reading this post and thanks for the upcoming replies.
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" But this can be purely philosophical: 2) If you take the two words (maternal and aunt) separately: "maternal" means related through a mother , which makes the wife of a mother's brother a maternal aunt as well . If you go with this philosophy, then many many people can be related through a mother and any remote and tangential relation can be considered as maternal (provided it is a relation that somehow comes into place through the mother)! In general though, a "maternal aunt" should be seen as in 1) above-- that is to say, there should be DNA or blood relationship though the mother.
- " But this can be purely philosophical: 2) If you take the two words (maternal and aunt) separately: "maternal" means related through a mother , which makes the wife of a mother's brother a maternal aunt as well .
- If you go with this philosophy, then many many people can be related through a mother and any remote and tangential relation can be considered as maternal (provided it is a relation that somehow comes into place through the mother)!
- In general though, a "maternal aunt" should be seen as in 1) above-- that is to say, there should be DNA or blood relationship though the mother.
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Hi,
1) "maternal aunt" as defined "means the sister of one's mother."
But this can be purely philosophical:
2) If you take the two words (maternal and aunt) separately:
"maternal" means related through a mother, which makes the wife of a mother's brother a maternal aunt a
1) "maternal aunt" as defined "means the sister of one's mother."
But this can be purely philosophical:
2) If you take the two words (maternal and aunt) separately:
"maternal" means related through a mother, which makes the wife of a mother's brother a maternal aunt a
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Thanks flexicap for your reply, I have understood what you intended to say.
Sorry for not writing this in the previous post. I am nowadays solving puzzles concerning blood relations. In one of these puzzles I came across the term "maternal aunt". I solved the puzzle just considering "maternal aunt" to be "mother's sister" but the solution in the book takes the term as meaning two differe
Sorry for not writing this in the previous post. I am nowadays solving puzzles concerning blood relations. In one of these puzzles I came across the term "maternal aunt". I solved the puzzle just considering "maternal aunt" to be "mother's sister" but the solution in the book takes the term as meaning two differe
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I am solving this type of puzzles.
A is the son of B. C, B's sister has a son D and a daughter E. F is the maternal uncleof D.
Q 1) How is a related to D?
a) cousin b) nephew c) uncle d) brother
Q 2) How is E related to F?
a) sister b) daughter c) niece d) wife
I have lost track of the puzzl
A is the son of B. C, B's sister has a son D and a daughter E. F is the maternal uncleof D.
Q 1) How is a related to D?
a) cousin b) nephew c) uncle d) brother
Q 2) How is E related to F?
a) sister b) daughter c) niece d) wife
I have lost track of the puzzl
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I am solving this type of puzzles.
A is the son of B. C, B's sister has a son D and a daughter E. F is the maternal uncleof D.
Q 1) How is a related to D?
a) cousin b) nephew c) uncle d) brother
Q 2) How is E related to F?
a) sister b) daughter c) niece d) wife
I have lost track of the puzzl
A is the son of B. C, B's sister has a son D and a daughter E. F is the maternal uncleof D.
Q 1) How is a related to D?
a) cousin b) nephew c) uncle d) brother
Q 2) How is E related to F?
a) sister b) daughter c) niece d) wife
I have lost track of the puzzl
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A grandfather is either your mother's father or your father's father, your maternal and paternal grandfather respectively. It is absolutely NOT the case that it refers only to the paternal grandfather.
I would be more likely to think of bloodlines with maternal aunt or uncle (that is to say, my mother's sister or brother respectively) but if I extended the definition of "maternal aunt" to
I would be more likely to think of bloodlines with maternal aunt or uncle (that is to say, my mother's sister or brother respectively) but if I extended the definition of "maternal aunt" to
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I think that compared to many languages, English is rather deficient in terms for relatives -- probably in some languages these would be different words for Grammar Geek's three different kinds of brother-in-law, and different words for mother's sister and mother's brother's wife, and so on. Maybe a Russian-speaker can help me with this -- I seem to remember that Russian has two distinct words, o
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0 Just ignore any 'maternal/paternal' words in these puzzles. In English it makes no difference at all to people's titles. Whether they are from you father's side (paternal) or mother's side (maternal) the title will be exactly the same. 0-
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