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A possibly vapid question....

By *ensuallover1000 OP Man over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Please forgive what may be a bit of a vacuous question but I’ve always been a tad befuddled by the intricacies of family relationship titles.

Someone told me of the following scenario which has caused a fairly hefty brain fart in my head....

If a person has a child, who then in turn has a child and the original person subsequently has another child late in life; What is the relationship between the newest child and the other child (the first grand child)? Is the newest child an uncle.....but younger than the nephew?!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

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By *assy LassieWoman over a year ago

Lanarkshire

Yes

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

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Misread. Uncle/Aunt and nephew/niece

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By *icecouple561Couple over a year ago
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East Sussex

Yes. It is possible to be born an aunt or uncle. I have an uncle who is very close in age to me

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I know a few very young aunts and uncles.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Your parents siblings are your aunts/uncles

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Yes. One of my uncle's is younger than me. I'm the daughter of my nan's eldest son and my uncle is her youngest son

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By *irginieWoman over a year ago

Near Marlborough

Yes I have an uncle the same age as me.

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By *entlemanDevilMan over a year ago

London and Newcastle

Yes. I've an uncle 18 months older than me and an aunt 18 months younger.

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By *VineMan over a year ago

The right place

I used to be a teacher and I had a class which had an uncle and niece in the same class. The niece was actually older than her uncle by a couple of months.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I have a younger uncle.

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

It’s all a bit baffling

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By *c1989Woman over a year ago

Manchester

My little sister is younger than her niece... it happens.

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By *elma and ShaggyCouple over a year ago

Bedworth

After my grandfather married his much younger second wife they had 2 sons. My half uncles are much younger than I am, when they were children I used to babysit them!

To save confusion I do sometimes refer to them as cousins as it saves a long explanation to strangers.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

A girl i was at school with used to babysit her uncle so her gran could get peace. She was 16 when he was born (her gran was pretty young)

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I was at school with a lad who had an uncle the same age at a different school. We used to play him in the school football league.

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Here’s another one - what is a cousin twice removed?

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