Western culture does not give importance to families and social structures. So names for relationships beyond cousin, nephew, uncle are not defined. It is only in Eastern cultures where familial bonds are strong do you have separate names for mothers brother, father brother etc.
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Sunitha Thomas <sunitha_toms@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear friends,
Like we say father, mother, brother, cousin, uncle etc.
what is the single english word for "son's father-in law" and "son's mother-in-law" ?
Sunitha
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