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This may confuse.............
Ray is gemmas mums cousin
Rita is rays wife
How are gemma and rita related?
Lol anyone able 2 share any light on that?
Ray is gemmas mums cousin
Rita is rays wife
How are gemma and rita related?
Lol anyone able 2 share any light on that?
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Oh for heavens sake it's plainly obvious Ray is just a really nice, caring guy who has made some friends on AB.
If Ray was a pervert he'd hardly be passing on a hug via the girls Father would he?! Especially on a site on which his wife and son are also members.
My God you'll be picking on Andy Hughes next!
If Ray was a pervert he'd hardly be passing on a hug via the girls Father would he?! Especially on a site on which his wife and son are also members.
My God you'll be picking on Andy Hughes next!
Back to the original question - Gemma and Rita are not formally related at all.
Shammydodger and jno are quite correct in that Ray is Gemma�s first cousin once removed � and she is his. (An easy way to remember the cousin rules is that first cousins share grandparents, second cousins share great-grandparents etc. �Removed� means the cousins are separated by generation).
Where they are not correct is to apply the �in-law� suffix. Although Rita is married to Gemma�s first cousin once removed, there is no formal title for this relationship. You cannot have �cousins-in-law� or �uncles/aunts-in-law�. The only formal in-laws you can have are brothers/sisters-in-law and mothers/fathers-in-law.
The most common misuse of the �in-law� title arises when referring to spouses of brothers/sisters-in-law. Many people think that the husband of their sister-in-law is their brother-in-law. Not so. Your brother-in-law can only be your wife�s brother, or your sister�s husband. Your brother-in-law�s wife is simply that, and not your sister-in-law.
Shammydodger and jno are quite correct in that Ray is Gemma�s first cousin once removed � and she is his. (An easy way to remember the cousin rules is that first cousins share grandparents, second cousins share great-grandparents etc. �Removed� means the cousins are separated by generation).
Where they are not correct is to apply the �in-law� suffix. Although Rita is married to Gemma�s first cousin once removed, there is no formal title for this relationship. You cannot have �cousins-in-law� or �uncles/aunts-in-law�. The only formal in-laws you can have are brothers/sisters-in-law and mothers/fathers-in-law.
The most common misuse of the �in-law� title arises when referring to spouses of brothers/sisters-in-law. Many people think that the husband of their sister-in-law is their brother-in-law. Not so. Your brother-in-law can only be your wife�s brother, or your sister�s husband. Your brother-in-law�s wife is simply that, and not your sister-in-law.
