I know a lot of people (both my sister's friends and some of my more distant cousins) that refer to non-biological or distant relatives as actual family.
For example, I know someone that calls a friend she's known since birth, cousin (even though they are not related at all), calls my dad uncle, and calls some other unrelated friends of her family "Aunt This" or "Uncle That". It kinda makes things confusing because I never know if this person is referring to a biological relative or not. This person is of Italian heritage.
Then, I also know someone else that refers to my parents as "mom and dad" (I think she does this more to be affectionate than other said person). Again, this is just a friend of the family. This person is Hispanic.
And then I have an actual relative, who is a semi-distant cousin. (I think like 2nd or 3rd --- possibly removed a couple of times --- I'm not sure exactly). He calls my dad uncle, where he's just a cousin (not a close one at that).
Why do they do it?
2007-05-08
08:06:23
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