Family Ties Quiz

September 7, 2008

How well do you know the ties that bind? Do you know the correct terms in addressing relatives? Take this quiz and test your family member knowledge. Source

28 Comments

hmcmcd 4 years 36 weeks

I thought it was going to be those tough ones, I agree with facin8me, Easy.

hmcmcd 4 years 36 weeks

I thought it was going to be those tough ones, I agree with facin8me, Easy.

Aphrosette 4 years 36 weeks

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy

Aphrosette 4 years 36 weeks

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy

milosmommy 4 years 36 weeks

My husband is Mexican and I get really confused sometimes because his cousin's kids call him uncle and our son is uncle to her grandkids...it's a culture thing I think. In my extended family they do the second-cousin/third-cousin thing, which I think is just as confusing.

anniekim 4 years 36 weeks

Thanks, Greggie.

anniekim 4 years 36 weeks

Thanks, Greggie.

Greggie 4 years 36 weeks

My husband's brothers kids call me "aunt," too. I'd never heard otherwise until this thread.

SweetnLow 4 years 36 weeks

This was silly.

SweetnLow 4 years 36 weeks

This was silly.

anniekim 4 years 36 weeks

oops "uncle" not "and" though that would be a different custom

anniekim 4 years 36 weeks

oops"uncle" not "and"though that would be a different custom

eveday 4 years 36 weeks

That's what I thought too, Kikidawn...if they were (or not) legally considered "uncles". So I chose "no relation" based on my own experience, I guess I'm not that close to my aunts anyway.

anniekim 4 years 36 weeks

10/10! I call all of my aunts' husbands "and" and also my uncles' wives I know as "aunts." My husband's brother's and sister's children call me aunt. I thought this was pretty standard, but judging from the comments, I guess not. And--when did we start getting points for quizzes? awesome! I can't resist a quiz.

anniekim 4 years 36 weeks

10/10!I call all of my aunts' husbands "and" and also my uncles' wives I know as "aunts." My husband's brother's and sister's children call me aunt.I thought this was pretty standard, but judging from the comments, I guess not.And--when did we start getting points for quizzes? awesome! I can't resist a quiz.

annebreal 4 years 36 weeks

Easy, but it brought me back to my cultural anthropology class where we had to learn family naming systems by culture/tribe. I can still hear my professor droning on "in this culture, your mother's brother is...your father. Your sister's cousin is your aunt" on and on in his Liberian accent. It was torture! Also to note that this quiz was also based on some cultures and not others.

kikidawn 4 years 36 weeks

eveday, that one kind of made me second guess too. While I don't have any aunts by blood that are married I do have uncles by blood that are. I called their wives "aunt", but I didn't know if legally (or w/e this quiz is gaged by) they are uncles.