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Granddaughter-in-law?
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NetGrrl79 | Report | 31 Jul 2009 12:34 |
Is there such a term? Have had contact this morning with a lady whose father-in-law's mother was a daughter of one of my paternal grandfather's aunts - so would that make her my paternal grandfather's aunt's granddaughter in law? |
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Julie | Report | 31 Jul 2009 12:36 |
Sometimes In-Law was used for Step |
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NetGrrl79 | Report | 31 Jul 2009 12:43 |
Step-whatever is when you have one blood relative in common (ie same father or mother but not both), In Law is to do with relationships by marriage - ie my father's mother is my mother's mother in law. |
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Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) | Report | 31 Jul 2009 12:43 |
Well, her father-in-law's mother is her grandmother-in-law so the common "relative" (I'm hesitating to say ancestor here) would be her great grandmother-in-law. |
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brummiejan | Report | 31 Jul 2009 12:54 |
Far as I know, you never use "in-law" more than one generation away - so just brother, sister, son, daughter, father and mother. |
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mgnv | Report | 31 Jul 2009 12:57 |
NetGirl - you're right if you're talking about present-day usage only, but if one were talking abt, say pre-WW1 usage, then Julie's perfectly correct. In fact, as Julie phrased her post using the past tense, she's perfectly correct anyways. |
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AllanC | Report | 31 Jul 2009 13:06 |
NetGrrl79, your distinction between step- and -in-law relationships is correct as used today. But it has not always been so clear-cut. On older censuses you will often find the term -in-law used for step or adoptive relationships. |
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Julie | Report | 31 Jul 2009 13:43 |
NetGrrl79 Today at 12:43 Request review |
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NetGrrl79 | Report | 31 Jul 2009 14:19 |
I apologise if you thought my message had an unpleasant tone, I did not intend it to have one in the slightest, I was merely stating what I believed to be fact; it appears I was wrong. |