Because if she is my sister-in-law's cousin(by blood) then she should be my cousin by marriage. Plus we all love each other like we have known each other for years but my brother just married my sister-in-law recently, and my sister-in-law's family are people we will be seeing for the rest of our lives because we all love each other. My sister-in-law's mother who is my brother's mother-in-law and her sisters love me like I was actually related to them by blood, and my mom and my sister-in-law's mother and aunts are like sisters. and when someone like my cousin is geting married we invite relatives like my sister-in-law's mom, dad, aunts, uncles, and her cousins. So is my sister-in-law's cousin related to me by marriage? Is there a name for it? Probably cousin by marriage isn't it.
2007-07-30 15:27:56 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
though there may be those that state that you are not related due to the fact that in-laws only extend to immediate family i personally always consider any extension of in-laws... aunts, uncles, cousins, cousins cousins... we are all family and that is just the way it is. i dont think it matters what society may think of two people being related whether by marriage or blood, what matters is if you feel you love someone as your cousin, that person is your cousin. dont let anyone tell you otherwise.
2007-07-30 15:36:05 · answer #1 · answered by Gizzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd hate to have to track this one. I'd say that, in the strictest sense, there probably is some formal designation of relation, somehow, but your guess is as good as mine as to what that would be called. In all practicality, probably not, but if you're lucky enough to get along very well with your in-laws, then more power to you. It really is up to you all whether or not you all consider each other family. I know of a family where two brothers married two sisters, so all the resulting progeny were, for lack of a better term, double-cousins.
2016-05-18 02:16:12 · answer #2 · answered by kristan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although some might say yes, technically your family by marriage consists of your spouse's parents, spouses of your siblings, and spouses of your spouse's siblings. That is, your brother's wife is an in-law, but none of her siblings are. And your husband's sister's husband is your in-law, but none of his brothers are. And in-laws pretty much stop with your parents-in-law and your siblings-in-law. You are not in-laws with the parents of your sister-in-law's husband. And the two sets of parents of a couple are not in-laws to each other either; they are the competitive parents -- an entirely different category.
These "other" relatives of your in-laws are called "affinity relatives" -- your husband or wife's blood relatives; the people that are biologically related to your spouse.
2007-07-30 15:36:29 · answer #3 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to get technical like that, we're all related if we go back far enough. The real thing to think about is do you think about this person like family? If you do, then they're family. If you don't, they're not. Family isn't just blood and marriage. You can choose part of your family too.
2007-07-30 16:33:15 · answer #4 · answered by Erin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you don't get cousin's by marriage - only blood. In-laws can even marry each other. Your father-in-law can marry your mother. What the heck are you smoking?
2007-07-30 15:39:42 · answer #5 · answered by briddy29 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are allies! Alliance through marriage in the family! It's a great relationship, really! More than blood relationship, which is accidental, not in your control! (you are not in-laws, nor are you 'out-laws'!)
2007-07-30 15:33:49 · answer #6 · answered by swanjarvi 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
by law only your brother is related to his wifes family , not you . but it is nice that everyone gets along !!!
2007-07-30 15:32:28 · answer #7 · answered by rdnckwmn64 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You are related to anyone your wife is related to through marriage.
2007-07-30 15:30:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
that's about the same as saying your from the same town.
If it makes you feel good that there is a connection, great.
But really there is no formal word for it .
2007-07-30 15:35:24 · answer #9 · answered by logie ogie 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Im not sure, but I think you may be your own Grampa
2007-07-30 15:30:28 · answer #10 · answered by bgee2001ca 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋