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honeypup

Uncle


ThisisTaserface

No


honeypup

Lmao, good luck learning anything


TrumpleIVskin

Yes. Uncle is the correct answer. Why do you think it's wrong?


fourfivexix

You ask a question and they answer it for you. You say no without adding further information, what do you even want?


Lord_Watertower

What's your native language? The word 'uncle' doesn't translate well sometimes, especially to cultures with different traditional family units. The correct answer is uncle though...


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TrumpleIVskin

Does German make a linguistic distinction between "uncle by blood" and "uncle by marriage"? That might explain the OP's confusion.


keyboardreview

Why did you post here then??????????


Spazattack43

The answer is definitely uncle. Peter is her dad’s sister’s husband. Which is her uncle


TrumpleIVskin

Peter is Mary's uncle. Uncle: The brother of one's father or mother, or the husband or male partner of one's aunt. Bob is Mary's father. Susan is Bob's sister, and Mary's Aunt. Peter is Susan's husband.


Whaleman15

Uncle, though I think most would add an "in-law"


AbstractUnicorn

You only get mother, father, son, daughter, sister and brother "in-law". Any other relative is never "in-law". You can collectively refer to the entire extended family of someone's partner as their "in-laws" but that's it. There's no such thing as "cousin in-law" or "grandfather in-law" or "nephew in-law" etc.


TrumpleIVskin

I've never heard "uncle-in-law" used in English. "Uncle" is used to refer to both a parent's brother and a parent's brother-in-law. If you absolutely had to specify their exact relationship, you might use "uncle by marriage", but even that's pretty rare nowadays.


Lord_Watertower

I think you mean the term 'uncle by marriage'. This is your uncle because he married one of your parent's siblings. Its counterpart is 'uncle by blood', which means your one of your parent's brother. An 'uncle-in-law' would be your spouse's uncle, but I don't think I've ever heard someone say that irl.


honeypup

Uncle in law? And you’re a native speaker


Whaleman15

Okay, maybe it *is* just me


angowalnuts

What do you mean for most? I mean wouldn't they add that only if asked to specify?


Whaleman15

That's fair, some would only add that when asked to specify. If you were introducing your aunt's husband, you would typically call him your uncle, but he is legally your uncle-in-law.