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Brought on by a book I'm reading:
Say your mother has two children by two different fathers, you and your half-brother X. (Your father is A, your half-brother's father is B.) And your half-brother's father has two children by two different mothers, X and his half-sister Y. (You and your half-brother's mother is C, your half-brother's half-sister's father is B and mother is D.) And no one was married to anyone listed. What is Y to you? I mean, biologically, nothing, I suppose. And legally, nothing either, I think. But X is brother to both you and Y. What would you call that?
Say your mother has two children by two different fathers, you and your half-brother X. (Your father is A, your half-brother's father is B.) And your half-brother's father has two children by two different mothers, X and his half-sister Y. (You and your half-brother's mother is C, your half-brother's half-sister's father is B and mother is D.) And no one was married to anyone listed. What is Y to you? I mean, biologically, nothing, I suppose. And legally, nothing either, I think. But X is brother to both you and Y. What would you call that?
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Date: 2010-08-11 05:20 am (UTC)From:Side note: My sister's husband is my brother-in-law, of course. I've met his sister (and her husband) several times, and they're common visitors to my sister's house. The husband has a sister, and I've even met that sister (and *her* husband) a few times, in spite of living 3000 miles away. So that last guy mentioned is... my brother-in-law-in-law-in-law-in-law-in-law, obviously. :)