« Reply #16 on: Monday 07 January 19 15:05 GMT (UK) »
until a person is old enough to understand and differentiate between a blood relative to a none-blood relative they may not realise an Uncle and Uncle-in-law is different
Equally, they wouldn't be able to grasp the difference between gran & grandad (the relationship) on either side & if e.g. there was a 2nd marriage as children are introduced to their relatives by titles without the splitting of hairs until as you say they are old enough to understand.
I think for simplicity it makes sense as people you talk to don't need a run-down of the genetics or lack of.
I still refer to my 'uncle-in-law' as uncle (although now deceased) & when I was contacted many yrs ago about my connection (he's in my tree as father of my cousins), I said he was my uncle through marriage which I'm sure would be easy to work out.
Children, if like myself, will ask when they want to know the 'ins & outs' of relationships & I welcome that day when my g/kids ask as we have a very confusing tree
Annie
South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie
Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)
Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling
Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon
Canada:- Callaghan, Cumming, MacPhee
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