Your father's brother is your uncle. Your mother's brother is your uncle. Your fathers sister is your aunt.
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AnonymousThere are specific names for father's and mother's sides. If your uncle or aunt is from your father's side, you can say 'paternal uncle' or 'paternal aunt' respectively and if in mother's side, 'maternal uncle' and 'maternal aunt' respectively.Most of us don't. If, for some reason, we need to be more specific, then we say "my father's brother' rather
AnonymousEnglish doesn't have importance of relationships in life, it shows how much you care of loved ones.That's a sweeping over-generalisation.
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