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Not her own daughter to her husband. What are our relatives called

Each person has relatives, some have a lot of them, some have less. But when we get married or get married, we immediately acquire numerous relatives. And all the relatives are called somehow and it's quite difficult to remember it right away.
Let's try to make a list of the names of people who are related by family ties.

Great-nephews - the grandson or granddaughter of a brother or sister.
Great-aunt - the aunt of the father or mother.
Cousin - the son of his own uncle and aunt.
Great uncle - the uncle of the father or mother.
Cousin uncle - a cousin of a father or mother.
Cousin - the daughter of his own uncle and aunt.
Cousin aunt - a cousin of a father or mother.
Cousins - children of cousins ​​and sisters.
Brother-in-law - Brother husband.
Uncle - the brother of the father or mother in relation to children or nephews. The aunt's husband is also the uncle.
Sister-in-law - husband's sister.
Son-in-law - the husband of the daughter, the husband of the sister or the husband of the sister-in-law.
Kum, godfather - godfather and godmother in relation to each other.
Stepmother - the wife of a father in relation to his children from another marriage, a step mother.
Daughter-in-law (daughter-in-law)
Stepfather - the husband of the mother in relation to her children from another marriage,
Stepdaughter, stepson - non-native children in relation to one of the spouses.
Nephews - children of brothers and sisters.
Twinned - usually, they become brothers, mostly cousins, but there can also be friends who had to help each other out in life. To become forever brothers, it is necessary to perform a certain ritual with an oath exchange of crosses and three kissing.
Adoptive son-in-law (primak) - a son-in-law adopted into his wife's family, living in his wife's house.
Matchmaker - the father or relative of one of the spouses in relation to the parents or relatives of the other spouse.
Svatya - the mother or relative of one of the spouses in relation to the parents or relatives of the other spouse - matchmaker, matchmaker (matchmaker) in family relations (not to be confused with matchmaker, matchmaker (matchmaker) in a wedding ceremony).
Father-in-law, mother-in-law - the husband's parents.
Brother-in-law - husbands of sisters.
Sister-in-law - wife's sister.
Daughter-in-law (daughter-in-law) - a married woman in relation to her husband's relatives: father, mother, brothers and sisters, spouses of brothers and sisters.
Father-in-law, mother-in-law - the parents of the wife.
Aunt - the sister of a father or mother in relation to children or a nephew. Also the aunt is the wife of the uncle.
Second cousin - the son of a great-uncle or great-aunt.
Second cousin - the daughter of a great-uncle or great-aunt.
Second cousins - nephews of a second cousin or sister.
Brother-in-law - brother-in-law.
There are other, more distant degrees of kinship, which are usually said to be "the seventh (tenth) water on jelly".

When we get married or get married, our relatives immediately double in number. And all are called somehow. You can't remember it right away. No, well, you can't confuse your mother-in-law with anyone! But we’ll deal with the rest now ...

New relatives of the wife (bride)

Mother-in-law- this is the husband's mother. For the mother-in-law - the wife of her son will daughter-in-law.

Father-in-law- this is the husband's father. For the father-in-law - his son's wife will daughter-in-law.

Sister-in-law- this is her husband's sister. For the sister-in-law, her brother's wife will daughter-in-law.

Brother-in-law- this is the husband's brother. For the brother-in-law, his brother's wife will daughter-in-law.

New relatives of the husband (groom)

Mother-in-law- this is the wife's mother. For a mother-in-law, her daughter's husband will son-in-law.

Who is the father-in-law

Father-in-law- this is the wife's father. For the father-in-law, as for the mother-in-law, the husband of their daughter - son-in-law.

Brother-in-law- this is the brother of the wife. For his brother-in-law, his sister's husband, as well as for his parents - son-in-law.

Sister-in-law- this is the wife's sister. For the sister-in-law, as well as for the brother-in-law, the husband of their sister will son-in-law.

New family ties between the parents of the bride and groom

Svatya- this is the mother of one of the spouses for the parents of the other spouse.

Matchmaker- the father of one of the spouses for the parents of the other spouse.

Brother-in-law- this is the husband of one sister in relation to the husband of another. In-law is also called any family ties between people who are not in close relationship.

Who are the godfathers

Kum and godfather- godfather and mother, but not for the godson, but among themselves and in relation to the parents and relatives of the godson.

Other relatives

All other relatives of your husband / wife will be named for you the same as for him / her. If your husband has a niece, she remains a niece for you. And you will be her uncle's wife for her.

Not so long ago, families were large, when several generations of close and distant relatives lived under the same roof or in the neighborhood. People of the same kind were united by common interests and values. We still say: “Looks like an aunt; the spitting image of grandfather. " And whether the child looks like a great-grandfather - we no longer know. The circle of relatives has narrowed: father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, sister, brother ... The further the relationship, the more difficult it is to determine who is “the seventh water in jelly”. But the real confusion begins after the wedding, when new relatives appear.

  • Father-in-law is the husband's father
  • Mother-in-law is the husband's mother
  • Father-in-law is the wife's father
  • Mother-in-law is the wife's mother
  • Brother-in-law - husband's brother
  • Brother-in-law - wife's brother
  • Sister-in-law is the husband's sister
  • Sister-in-law - wife's sister
  • The brother-in-law is the husband of the sister-in-law
  • Son-in-law - daughter's husband, sister-in-law's husband
  • Daughter-in-law is the wife of a son in relation to his father
  • The daughter-in-law is the wife of a brother, the wife of a son for his mother, the wife of one brother in
    relation to the wife of another brother; also used instead of daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, sister-in-law
  • Swat is the father of one of the spouses in relation to the parents of the other
  • Svatya is the mother of one of the spouses in relation to the parents of the other
  • Grandfather (grandfather) - father of father or mother
  • Grandmother (grandmother) - mother of father or mother
  • Great uncle - father's or mother's uncle
  • Great aunt - aunt of father or mother
  • Grandson (granddaughter) - a son (daughter) of a daughter or son in relation to a grandfather or grandmother. Accordingly, a great-uncle (granddaughter) is a son (daughter) of a nephew or niece
  • Nephew (niece) - the son (daughter) of a brother or sister (relatives, cousins, second cousins). Accordingly, the child of a cousin (sister) is a first cousin, a second cousin (sister) is a second cousin
  • Great-nephew (niece) - grandson (granddaughter) of a brother or sister
  • Uncle (uncle, uncle) - brother of father or mother, husband of aunt
  • Aunt (aunt, aunt) is the sister of the father or mother in relation to the nephews. Uncle's wife in relation to his nephews
  • Cousin - related by grandfather or grandmother to the children of their sons and daughters
  • Second cousin - the son of a great uncle or cousin
  • A cousin is the daughter of an uncle or aunt
  • Second cousin - the daughter of a great uncle or cousin


In addition to modern concepts of the degree of kinship, it turns out that there are also older names for relatives.

FIRST DEGREE OF RELATIONSHIP
Father and son.
Father and daughter.
Mother and son.
Mother and daughter.

SECOND DEGREE OF RELATIONSHIP
Grandfather and grandchildren,
Grandmother and grandchildren.

THIRD DEGREE OF RELATIONSHIP
Great-grandfather and great-grandchildren,
Uncle and nephews,
Aunt and nephews.

FOURTH DEGREE OF RELATIONSHIP
Cousins ​​and brothers
Great uncle and grand-nephews (nieces),
Great-aunt and grand-nephews (nieces).

FIFTH DEGREE OF RELATIONSHIP
Great-uncle and great-nephew (niece).

SIXTH DEGREE OF RELATIONSHIP
Second cousins ​​and brothers.

Getting acquainted with the terms of kinship, it should be remembered that the terms of kinship consist of keywords and definitions of the degree of kinship:

Grandmother, grandmother - the mother of the father or mother, the wife of the grandfather.
Brother - each of the sons of the same parents.
Bro, bro, bro, bro, brat is a cousin.
Bratanna is a brother's daughter, brother's niece.
A brother-in-law is a relative in general, cousin or distant.
Bratich is a brother's son, brother's nephew.
A grandson is the son of a daughter, a son, and also the sons of a nephew or niece.
Granddaughter, grandson - the daughter of a son, daughter, and also the daughter of a nephew or niece.
The grandfather is the father of the mother or father.
Dedin, grandfather is an aunt after my uncle.
Dedich is the direct heir to his grandfather.
The daughter is a female person in relation to her parents.
Dzherich is his aunt's nephew.
Dscher is the niece of her aunt.
An uncle is a brother of a father or mother. Thus, the uncle and aunt are the brother and sister of the mother or father. “My aunt's darling has a nephew, and my uncle's has a niece,” says popular wisdom.
Mother is a female person in relation to her children.
The father is a male person in relation to his children.
The stage director is the eldest in the generation.
Father-in-law, stepfather-son, heir.
A nephew is the son of a brother or sister.
A nephew and niece is the son and daughter of a brother or sister. Grand-nephews are the grandchildren of a brother or sister. By the way, grandchild relatives are any relatives in the third generation (second cousin): a great-uncle's son can be called a grand-brother. In a relatively recent era, the French words cousin and cousin, denoting a cousin and a sister, as well as any distant blood relatives in the same tribe, were added to these primordially Russian terms of kinship.
A niece is the daughter of a brother or sister.
A tribe is a relative, a relative.
The progenitors are the first known couple by genealogy, from which the clan originates.

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In fairy tales everything ends with a happy wedding, but in life everything just begins with it! Immediately after registering a marriage, complete with your chosen one, you receive a full set of new relatives. From this day on, you have two families, merged into one and entered into a complex relationship. Once upon a time, the question did not even arise of who communicated to whom and by whom, but today, alas, much has been forgotten and we, even in the closest relatives, cannot figure it out. Let's go back a couple of centuries, when families were large, the patriarchal way reigned, and even the most distant kinship was held in high esteem.

Blood relatives

With blood relatives, everything is more or less clear: mother, father, brother, sister, uncles and aunts, nephews, grandparents. This is if you do not go deeper. And if you try to figure it out, you might think that all people in the family are brothers!

  • Bratanich- brother's nephew
  • Bro- cousin's wife
  • Bratanna- brother's daughter, brother's niece
  • Brother- a cousin or distant relative
  • Bratova- brother's wife
  • Bratich- brother's son, brother's nephew
  • Bro, bratelnik-cousin

It's about the same with the sisters:

  • Little sister, sister, little sister- cousin
  • Sister- cousin, mother's or father's sister's daughter
  • Sister, sister, sisters (ancient Russian)- mother's sister's son (sister's nephew)

Do you know what to call the brothers or sisters of your grandparents? Great aunt- sister of grandfather or grandmother (great-aunt) and Great uncle- the brother of a grandfather or grandmother. And that's not all - there are also cousins, second cousins ​​and a whole series of great-great-great… .

You can even get confused among grandchildren! Judge for yourself: grandson and granddaughter it is not only the son and daughter of a son or daughter, but also the children of nephews. In grandchildren and grandchildren, you can get confused at all:

  • Great brothers and sisters- second cousins ​​and sisters
  • Great-nephew (niece)- grandson (granddaughter) of a brother or sister
  • Great-cousin-nephew (niece)- the grandson (granddaughter) of a cousin or sister.

In-laws

Let's go back to the wedding, after which the number of relatives at least doubles - this is in-laws.

For whom you do not marry, and the mother-in-law and father-in-law (the husband's parents) are provided for you, however, as well as the father-in-law with the mother-in-law to your chosen one! But they, in turn, acquire you as a relative.

Let's figure it out in order:

  • Father-in-law and mother-in-law- parents of a husband for a young wife
  • Father-in-law and mother-in-law- the parents of the wife for the husband
  • Swat, matchmaker- parents of husband and wife in relation to each other
  • Son-in-law- daughter's husband
  • Daughter-in-law (she is the daughter-in-law for the father-in-law)- son's wife
  • Brother-in-law- Brother husband, yatrovka or motherfucker- wife in law
  • Sister-in-law- husband's sister
  • Sister-in-law- wife's sister
  • Brother-in-law- the husband of the wife's sister, brother-in-law- men whose wives are sisters among themselves
  • Brother-in-law- brother-in-law, shurich- brother-in-law's son

By the way, if, in addition to family ties, we mention family relations, then most often the father-in-law is more kind than the mother-in-law in relation to the daughter-in-law (daughter-in-law). With father-in-law and mother-in-law can be for everyone - if father-in-law is always a friend, then mother-in-law can be different - both in the form of an "old saw" and in the form of a best friend.

Even "stars" and princesses have mother-in-law!

Close, but not family

It turns out that there are relatives and friends, but not relatives. Not very clear? Let's figure it out now!

If a husband or wife has children from previous marriages, they are considered stepbrothers and sisters. At the same time, the mother's husband - stepfather, and the father's wife - stepmother... Not my own son - stepson, not my own daughter - stepdaughter... So it turns out that they seem to be close relatives, but not relatives.

Close, but not family, are considered the same:

  • Named daughter, named son- adopted children
  • Named mother, named father- adoptive parents

If the young got married, then they have more planted parents - planted mother and planted father substituting parents at the wedding ceremony.

When a child is baptized, the following are added to the number of relatives, but not relatives:

  • Godfather and godfather - godfather and mother in relation to the godson's parents and to each other
  • Godmother- spiritual mother
  • Godfather- spiritual father
  • Godson- godson
  • Goddaughter- God daughter
  • Godbrother (sister)- son (daughter) of the godfather

There was a custom of exchanging pectoral crosses and people who performed this rite by kissing three times also became close:

  • Brother of the cross, brother of the cross
  • Cross sister, twin brother

It also happened that it was necessary to look for a wet nurse for the child when his own mother could not feed. The nurse became dairy mother, and her children and the child she nursed became foster brothers and sisters.

So many relatives around ...

Try to figure it out - who is communicated to whom and by whom!

If you don't have an aunt, or To have or not to have

Happy is the person who has many relatives! He is not alone, he knows what the warmth of the hearth, pride in children and the wisdom of parents are; he is looking forward to the next family holiday and is not afraid to be lonely in old age.

But on the other hand, how good it is if no one bothers with their wise advice, if you don’t have to worry about the problems that children bring, if no one teaches us how to “live” and does not in the heat of the moment threaten with inheritance.

Here's a paradox: relatives sometimes get tired of each other, and lonely people dream of taking care of someone. Today it is more and more often said that it is easier to live alone: ​​there are fewer problems. But not so long ago, families were large, when several generations of close and distant relatives lived under the same roof or in the neighborhood. People of the same kind were united by common interests and values. We still say: “Looks like an uncle; the spitting-out grandmother. " And whether the child looks like a great-grandfather - we no longer know. The circle of relatives has narrowed: mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, brother, sister ... The further the relationship, the more difficult it is to determine who is “the seventh water on jelly”. But the real confusion begins after the wedding, when new relatives appear.

The terminology of kinship is complex and is largely forgotten today. In everyday life, we use no more than ten of the most famous definitions and sometimes have to resort to verbal heaps: "He is my husband's brother, she is my husband's brother's wife." But in Russian for each relative there is a name, and behind each name there are centuries-old ideas, culture of relationships, family history. Not every nation can afford such a luxury.

There are three groups of family ties:
... directly relatives - blood relationship,
... in-laws - kinship by marriage,
... and, finally, unrelated ties.

Before looking into the kinship dictionary, let's try to understand the complex picture of the interweaving of kinship ties.

An apple does not fall far from an apple tree, or Blood Kinship

If the parents are common, it means that the relationship is blood. Blood relatives are the closest people. Special family traits affect the way of life, the choice of profession. Blood relatives have characteristic external features. The family resemblance that manifests itself in children is especially touching. "Who does the newborn look like?" - one of the most important questions. It seems impossible to get lost in this relationship. Mother, father, uncle, aunt, brother, sister ... But even then there is a reason to think.

Brothers and sisters

In one generation, the people closest to each other are brothers and sisters. If you are an only child, then in your generation you have no blood relatives. Brothers and sisters can be relatives, blood, full-blooded, if they have a common mother and father. Or consanguineous - born of the same father. Or uterine - born by the same mother, but from different fathers.

Echoes of how close the bond between brother and sister is can be found in ancient folk customs, riddles, and proverbs. The blue-yellow forest flower Ivan da Marya had a different name - brother-with-sister. At the sister's wedding, her brother sat next to the bride - to "protect" from the groom, who had to pay him a ransom for his future wife. In a brother (a copper or wooden semi-bucket bowl), they served drink, beer, kvass to all the brethren and poured it into wooden cups and glasses.

Companionship, friendship, affection, close connection - all this is defined by the word "brotherhood". And with the words brother, brother turn not only to relatives, but also to friends, comrades, like-minded people, participants in a common cause.

Fathers and Sons

The closest family relationship exists between parents and children. Father, mother, son, daughter - people from two neighboring generations - are closest to each other.

We say: mother-of-cheese earth, Motherland-mother, Volga-mother. Even strangers honor a woman in years by mother or mother.

The father in folk performances is the eldest, the first, the main, deserving respect, wise.

Father's house, fatherly love, fatherland, fatherland - words with a common root. The word “stepfather” has long been forgotten - this is how the son and ancestral heir of his father was called.

For a man, as a rule, the birth of a son is a reason for special male pride. Until now, a man who has only daughters is sometimes called a "bungler." It was believed that the son is the parental helper, and the daughter will leave the parental home, go to live with her husband. Oddly enough, these prejudices are still alive today.

Grandparents, grandchildren and granddaughters

Grandfather, grandfather - the parent's father;
grandmother, grandmother - the mother of the parent;
grandson - the son of a child;
the granddaughter is the child's daughter.

Happy are the families in which grandparents help raise children. There is nothing more selfless than love for grandchildren. The grandmother in the traditional view is a round, kind old woman. Perhaps that is why culinary experts call a tender, airy pastry, like an Easter cake, baked in a tall form as grandma.

Grandfathers dream of seeing in their grandchildren the fulfillment of their dreams, their continuation. Different types of burdock, thistle are popularly called grandfather, grandfather. Probably not by chance. Grandfathers love to remember the same thing and repeat the same story.

Great-grandfather and great-grandmother

Our great-grandmothers did not live with light, but with a family and a house.

Great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers are not so often met now. To become "great", you have to give birth to children, raise grandchildren and wait for the birth of the children of your grandchildren. The prefix "pra" is added to words in order to emphasize ancient origins. So the first owner of something was called the righteous owner or righteous owner. The peasants called the unharvested carrion rye, which grew by self-sowing and yielded a harvest in the second year, - prapadalitsa.

The parents of the great-grandfather and great-grandmother are called the ancestor and the great-grandmother, the even older generation - the great-great-grandfather, and the oldest - the great-great-great. In our time, most people have vague ideas about the ancient predecessors in the family - their ancestors. And they even take offense if children call them this ancient word. But in vain.

Uncles, aunts and nephews

If your parents had a brother or sister, then they will be an uncle or an aunt for you. And their children will be cousins ​​for you, or, as they sometimes say, cousins ​​and cousins. These are also blood relatives, but not as close as direct blood relatives, therefore, it happens that between cousins ​​and cousins ​​there is not a kindred affection, but a real passion. And then there are second cousins ​​(from cousins ​​uncle or aunt), fourth cousins ​​(from second cousins) and so on brothers and sisters.

Your uncle's wife will be your aunt, and your aunt's husband will be your uncle. This relationship is not blood. Uncles and aunts most often become godparents for their nephews.

There are also little aunts and even a great aunt - you will learn about who is so called by reading the Dictionary of Relationships.

The "uncles" in Russia were treated with respect. Previously, a teacher was assigned to care for or to supervise a child - he was called uncle. And each recruit in the regiment had an uncle - a mentor from the old soldiers. Uncle was the name of the first barge haulage pulling the barge. At weddings in the central regions of Russia, the groom's father, who had been planted, was called “uncle”. The bride's uncle took part in the wedding ceremony: he held a handkerchief in front of her when they unraveled her braid.

Nephews are people of your clan, your tribe. About a clan in which there are many tribes, they said so: a tribal clan. And about a person from a large family - a tribal family man. Who will guess now who was formerly called brother or sister, sister? But we are talking about a nephew, if he is the son of a brother, and about a niece, if she is a sister's daughter. The sister's son was formerly called netiy, and the brother's daughter was called bro. If your spouse's brother or sister has a daughter or son, they will also be considered your nephews.

From time immemorial, such apt expressions have come down to us. “God's nephew” is the one to whom all the blessings are given free of charge. The "drinking nephew" - a poor relative living in the house, took root. "Nephew" - to impose, seek protection from distant relatives.

There may be cousins, second cousins, or grand-nephews in a family. In order not to get confused, the word “nephew” was often used to refer to any distant indirect relative. In some eastern regions, giving participation to a distant relative, and sometimes just a fellow countryman, they called him in their own way - nephew.

The family pot always boils, or Kinship by property

When the young got married, they had new relatives. This relationship is otherwise called a property, from the word "own". Strictly adhering to the terminology, it is necessary to consider relatives acquired after marriage as in-laws.

After the wedding, the young people lived together with their new relatives as one big family according to centuries-old rules. In medieval Russian consciousness, the senior male homeowner was the head of his “household”: all the “household members” were almost his property. A large, stable family that lived in the “yard” consisted of several branches of relatives. Only the head of the family had the right to evict some of them. Orphans were often brought up, who, like their own children, were in the full power of the head of the family. Such an act was considered a godly deed.

A clear hierarchy determined the position of each inhabitant of the house.

Husband and wife

To become a husband meant to prove one's maturity, readiness to be the head of the family and the master of the house. The husband was required to be masculine, strong in spirit, and decisive. The husband could turn out to be a man with a gentle disposition - misguided, and if he immediately allowed his wife to command, in family life - showed femininity.

A married woman could be called, especially emphasizing her belonging to her husband, as follows: a manly wife, a manly woman. Today these words are perceived almost as an insult, while earlier they sounded respectful. A masculine or simply a decisive and stern woman could be called that - a dork, a dork. Any man wanted to see a manly wife, that is, one who knows how to please her husband. A special misfortune for her husband was a domineering wife, angry, envious, deceitful, mismanaged, walking. And whoever had a wise wife, people called him wise.

Only the parents decided who their son would marry and live with, they themselves were looking for a bride for him. They got to know the whole family, wooed. Matchmaker and matchmaker are the father and mother of the husband for the wife's family, in the same way they call the father and mother of the wife in the family of the husband. After the wedding, both families became close relatives.

Husband's family

The son brings his wife to his parents' house, and the daughter moves to live in her husband's house. In the new house, the will of the older man, the owner, and the older woman, the hostess, are respected. Now the parents of the spouses become close relatives. Earlier, the husband and wife called the parents of their spouses "mother and father", recognizing that they were part of a new family on the basis of the rights of a child.

Today in such a delicate issue there is complete freedom of choice. If you want - call mom and dad, you want - by name - patronymic, or just by name, or aunt - uncle. Better not to rush: time will put everything in its place. And, of course, ask directly which way of addressing yourself your new relatives prefer to hear.

The husband's parents for the young wife are father-in-law and mother-in-law. The son's wife is a daughter-in-law, she is also a daughter-in-law. A woman will be a daughter-in-law in relation to her husband's parents (father-in-law and mother-in-law), and her husband's brother (brother-in-law) and his wife, and her husband's sister (sister-in-law) and her husband. In addition, all relatives consider the wife of her brother-in-law to be her daughter-in-law. Brothers' wives to each other are also daughters-in-law (daughter-in-law). The sister-in-law is the wife's sister. The brother-in-law is her husband. In-laws are those men whose wives are sisters to each other.

The intercourse is the wife of a brother-in-law. Intercourses are women whose husbands are brothers.

The sister-in-law is the husband's sister. In a patriarchal family, she was in a position higher than the daughter-in-law, the wife of her brother, and often the young ash got more from her sister-in-law than from the grumpy mother-in-law.

The life of a daughter-in-law in the house of her husband's parents is a hard lot. The next morning after the first wedding night, the mother-in-law lightly hit the daughter-in-law with a whip, saying that it was “husband’s thunderstorm”, telling her to live in a family humbly and obediently. With the marriage of their son, the family received a young worker. The reasons for the conflict between the daughter-in-law and the mother-in-law are very serious: the mother is jealous of her son to another woman, and the two housewives in the kitchen do not get along. In such cases, a kind of "harem" laws are established in the family, when female roles are clearly distributed: one is the elder, the other is the beloved.

Of course, there are wise mother-in-law, and advice and love reign in the family, there are other mother-in-law - “neighbors in a communal apartment”. And they also say: “The mother-in-law remembers her youth and does not believe in her daughter-in-law” ... But the daughter-in-law could become the father-in-law's favorite and receive special signs of attention from him. Then they said: "The little bitch at the father-in-law is a mistress." The daughter-in-law could influence the fate of her husband's younger brothers: "The first son is married by the father-mother, and the second by the daughter-in-law."

Wife's family

A son-in-law is a daughter's husband for the wife's parents (father-in-law and mother-in-law), for her sister (sister-in-law), for her brother (brother-in-law) and for the latter's wife. Parents of a wife for a husband are a father-in-law and a mother-in-law. If a son-in-law came to court, then he was accepted as his own son. Clever parents did not offend their son-in-law, they tried to treat him properly at meetings. They avoided quarrels, because their daughters live with him. The wife's parents were afraid of the terrible and violent son-in-law: they could not get along with him, and in a quarrel he could beat the old people.

It is no coincidence that most of the anecdotes on a "related" topic are about the mother-in-law. Apparently, there were reasons to dislike the son-in-law: the daughter had a hard time in her husband's family, so I had to teach the young man wisdom. If hostility arose between the mother-in-law and the son-in-law, then this complicated the life of the whole family.

Father-in-law is much less likely to quarrel with sons-in-law. Mature men do not invent non-existent shortcomings for their son-in-law, they easily find common male topics of conversation and spend time doing their favorite activities. They are less involved in the life of newlyweds with advice, they do not bother with control, they do not educate. Perhaps to spite his wife.

Close, but not relatives

If children are born to parents in previous or subsequent marriages, they are considered half-brothers and sisters. The mother's husband, but not the father of her child, is the stepfather. The wife of the father, but not the child's own mother - the stepmother. The step-son of a husband or wife during the next marriage of his parent (parent) is a stepson, and a step-daughter is a stepdaughter.

In Russian folklore, it is said unflatteringly about the stepmother: people did not believe that a woman could love someone else's child as her own. It is no coincidence that the plant was named: mother-and-stepmother. The leaves from above are smooth and cold, and from the inside - warm, fluffy. And they also say: "The alien side is a stepmother."

When adopted or adopted, a child was called an adopted child. The new parents — the named mother and the named father — regarded the girl as the named daughter and the boy as the named son.

The planted mother and father, people who were invited to the wedding in order to replace the mother and father of the bride and groom, became close, but not relatives.

And after a newborn appeared in the family, he might need a mother, a nurse, a dairy mother. To feed was almost to be related to the baby. An uncle was assigned to older children - for care and supervision. Such an uncle brought up a cavalry girl Shurochka Azarova in the film "The Hussar Ballad".

Men could fraternize by exchanging crosses and kissing three times. They became brothers of the cross. Fraternization was the result of great friendship or life-saving in battle. The girls' friendship, which was not related by kinship, was also reinforced by a kind of ritual: the girls exchanged body crosses. Then the girlfriends were called so - crusades, brothers-in-arms, named sisters.

Spiritual relationship

Religious ties were strong and unseen in families. According to the ritual, every little godson or goddaughter had a godfather and godmother. The godfather's father became a godfather, the son became a godbrother, and both godparents in relation to the godson's parents became godfathers: he is a godfather, she is a godfather. The godfather and godfather took upon themselves the responsibility of taking care of the religious upbringing of their godson, and in the event of the death of their parents, they took their place. It used to be considered a great honor to be the godfather of the first or second child in the family.

They chose the godfather and mother from close people: relatives or family friends. The pregnant woman was not called the godmother: it was believed that the godson would die. If in families newborns or young children died before, the first person they met was taken as godfathers. Preference was given to such godparents who had many godchildren alive.

An unmarried man, who was to become a godfather for the first time, chose a girl for baptism, an unmarried girl - a boy. It was believed that otherwise the girl risked remaining a century old, and the guy a bachelor. Among the peasants, it was believed that if a girl or a guy who was invited to be a godparent to the first child was older than the godson's parents, then the girl would marry a widower, and the guy would marry a widow or woman older than him. Therefore, accordingly, they tried to keep the godfathers younger than their parents.

On Peter's day (July 12), the godfather baked unleavened pies with cottage cheese for the godchildren. On the forgiven day (the last day before Lent), according to custom, the godfather went to the godfather with soap, and she went to him with gingerbread. According to the canons of Orthodoxy, godparents could not marry each other.

Relationship Dictionary

Grandmother, grandmother - the mother of the father or mother, the wife of the grandfather.
A brother is a son in relation to other children of the same parents.
The godfather brother is the godfather's son.
Brother cross, brother on the cross, named brother - persons who exchanged body crosses.
Bro, bro, bro, bro, brat is a cousin.
Bratanich is a brother's nephew.
A brother is the wife of a cousin.
Bratanna is a brother's daughter, brother's niece.
A brother-in-law is a relative or distant cousin.
Bratova is the brother's wife.
Bratich is a brother's son, brother's nephew.
A widow is a woman who does not remarry after the death of her husband.
A widower is a man who did not remarry after the death of his wife.
A great aunt is the sister of a grandfather or grandmother (great-aunt).
A great uncle is the brother of a grandfather or grandmother.
A branch is a line of kinship.
A grandson is the son of a son or daughter, the sons of a nephew or niece.
A great-cousin-niece is the granddaughter of a cousin or sister.
A grand-niece is the granddaughter of a brother or sister (second cousin).
Grandchild, grandchild - a relative in the third generation, second cousin.
Great brothers and sisters are second cousins ​​and sisters.
A great-cousin-nephew is the grandson of a cousin or sister.
A grand-nephew is the grandson of a brother or sister.
Second cousin's grandchild - the grandson of a second cousin or sister (second cousin's nephew).
Granddaughter, grandson - the daughter of a son or daughter, nephew or niece.
A great aunt is the sister of a grandmother or grandfather.
A great-grandmother's cousin is the sister of a great-grandmother or great-grandfather.
A great-great-great-cousin is the sister of a great-great-grandmother or great-great-grandfather.
A cousin's niece is the daughter of a cousin or sister.
A cousin is the daughter of an uncle or aunt.
A cousin is a cousin of a father or mother.
Cousin - related in the second generation.
A cousin is the son of an uncle or aunt.
A great uncle is the brother of a grandfather or grandmother.
A cousin is a cousin of a father or mother.
A cousin's nephew is the son of a cousin or sister.
A great-great-grandfather is the brother of a great-grandfather or great-grandmother.
A great-great-great-uncle is the brother of a great-great-grandfather or great-great-grandmother.
The brother-in-law is the husband's brother. Grandfather (grandfather) is the father of the father or mother.
The godfather grandfather is the godfather's father.
Dedin, grandfather is an aunt after my uncle.
Dedich is the direct heir to his grandfather.
The daughter is a female person in relation to her parents.
The named daughter is a foster child, a pupil.
Dzherich is his aunt's nephew.
Dscher is the niece of her aunt.
Uncle is a person caring for a child.
An uncle is the brother of the father or mother, as well as the husband of the aunt.
Siblings (homogeneous) - children born of the same father (homogeneous father), but different mothers.
Single uterine children (one uterine) - children born to the same mother, but from different fathers.
Unified - born of the same mother, but from a different father.
The wife is a woman in relation to the man she is married to.
The bridegroom, the bridegroom - the unmarried fourth wife.
The groom is the one who has conspired to his bride.
The sister-in-law, sister-in-law, and sister-in-law are the husband's sister, sometimes the brother's wife.
A son-in-law is the husband of a daughter, a sister.
The knee is a branch of the genus, a generation in the pedigree.
The godmother is a participant in the baptismal ceremony in the role of a spiritual mother.
The godson is the godson.
The goddaughter is a goddaughter.
The godfather is a participant in the baptismal ceremony in the role of a spiritual father.
Consanguinity - descent from the same parents.
Bloodline - about kinship within the same family.
A cousin is a cousin.
The cousin is a cousin.
Kum is the godfather in relation to the godson's parents and to the godmother.
Kuma is the godmother to the godson's parents and to the godfather.
A little aunt is a sister of a father or mother (a cousin).
Little uncle is a brother of a father or mother.
A mother is a woman in relation to her children.
Mother godmother, cross - the recipient of the rite of baptism.
A named mother is a mother to a foster child, a foster child.
A dairy mother is a nurse, a nurse.
The planted mother is a woman who replaces the groom's own mother at the wedding.
The stepmother is a stepmother, another wife of the father in relation to his children from a previous marriage.
A dairy sister is a child (woman) fed by a foreign mother in relation to her children.
A foster brother is a child (man) fed by a foreign mother in relation to her children.
A husband is a man in relation to a woman with whom he is married.
The daughter-in-law is the wife of a brother or the wife of a son, and also the wife of one brother in relation to the wife of another brother.
Illegitimate - born of parents who are not in a church marriage.
Homogeneous (consanguineous) - descended from the same father.
One uterine (single uterine) - descended from one mother.
The father is a man in relation to his children.
The godfather is the recipient of the baptismal ceremony.
The named father is a father to an adopted foster child.
The father is near-by, planted, dressed up - a man who replaces the groom's own father at the wedding.
The stepfather is a stepfather, another husband of the mother in relation to her children from a previous marriage.
The stage director is the eldest in the generation.
Father-in-law, stepfather - son, heir.
The stepdaughter is the stepdaughter of one of the spouses.
A nephew is the son of a brother or sister. A niece is the daughter of a brother or sister.
A tribe is a relative, a relative, a fellow countryman.
Side (son, daughter) - a son or daughter who does not come from a legal marriage.
Generation - relatives of the same degree of kinship in relation to a common ancestor.
Fullbred - descending from the same parents.
Descendant - a person descended from some kind of birth, a person in relation to their ancestors.
Great-grandmother is the mother of a grandfather or grandmother.
A great-grandmother is the same as a great-grandmother.
Great-grandson is the son of a grandson or granddaughter.
Great-great cousin niece - great-granddaughter of a cousin or sister.
A great-niece is the great-granddaughter of a brother or sister.
Great-great second cousin niece - great-granddaughter of a second cousin or sister.
Great-great cousin nephew - great-grandson of a cousin or sister.
A great-nephew is the great-grandson of a brother or sister.
Great-great second cousin nephew - great-grandson of a second cousin or sister.
A great-granddaughter is the daughter of a grandson or granddaughter.
Great-grandfather is the father of a grandfather or grandmother.
Great-great-grandmother is the mother of great-grandfather or great-grandmother.
A great-great-grandson is the son of a great-grandson or great-granddaughter.
Great-great-great-cousin-niece - great-great-great-granddaughter of a cousin or sister.
Great-great-great-niece - great-great-granddaughter of a brother or sister.
Great-great-great-great-niece - great-great-great-granddaughter of a second cousin or sister.
Great-great-great-cousin-nephew - great-great-great-grandson of a cousin or sister.
Great-great-nephew is the great-great-grandson of a brother or sister.
Great-great-grandson second cousin - great-great-grandson of a second cousin or sister.
Great-great-granddaughter is the daughter of a great-grandson or great-granddaughter.
Great-great-grandfather is the father of a great-grandfather or great-grandmother.
The progenitors are the first known couple by genealogy, from which the clan originates.
Ancestor is the parent of a great-great-grandfather, great-great-grandmother.
An ancestor is an ancient ancestor in kind, as well as a compatriot from previous generations.
Married - descended from the same parents, but born before marriage, and then recognized in it.
The adopted daughter is an adopted alien child, a girl.
The adopted son is an adopted alien child, a boy.
Five cousins ​​- a relative in the fifth generation (after great-great-grandfather).
A genus is a series of generations descending from one ancestor, as well as a generation in general.
Parents are father and mother in relation to children.
The parent is the same as the father.
The parent is the same as the mother.
Native - descended from the same parents See blood, full-blooded.
Relatives are relatives.
The ancestor is the first known representative of the genus, from which he originates.
Pedigree is the same as genealogy.
Pedigree - a list of generations of the same genus, establishing the origin and degree of kinship.
A relative is someone who is related to someone.
Kinship is a relationship between people created by the presence of common close relatives.
Matchmaker (m), matchmaker (w) - the parent of one of the spouses in relation to the parents of the other spouse.
Father-in-law is the husband's father.
The mother-in-law is the husband's mother.
Consolidated - brothers and sisters descended from different parents.
Step children are children who are brothers or sisters to each other by their stepfather or stepmother.
In-law is a person who is in a property with someone.
Property - a relationship of closeness between people, arising not from kinship, but from the marriage union (the relationship between the spouse and the blood relatives of the other spouse, as well as between the relatives of the spouses).
The brother-in-law is the husband of the sister-in-law (the wife's sister).
In-laws are persons married to two sisters.
The sister-in-law is the wife's sister.
Seven-cousin - who is a relative in the seventh generation (after great-great-great-great-grandfather).
A family is a group of relatives living together.
A sister is the daughter of the same parents or one of them in relation to their other children.
Sister, sister, sister - cousin.
A sister is a cousin, the daughter of a mother's or father's sister.
Sister, sister, sisters (ancient Russian) - the son of the mother's sister (sister's nephew).
An orphan is a child or minor who has lost one or both parents.
Daughter-in-law is the son's wife in relation to his parents, daughter-in-law.
The motherfucker is the wife of a brother-in-law, the wives of two brothers in relation to each other.
The spouse is the husband.
The spouse is the wife.
The son is a man, a boy in relation to his parents.
The god-son (godson) is a male person in relation to the recipient.
The named son is a foster child, a foster child.
Father-in-law is the wife's father.
Aunt, aunt - the sister of the father or mother, as well as the wife of the uncle.
Mother-in-law is the wife's mother.
A second aunt is a cousin of a grandfather or grandmother.
A second cousin is the daughter of a second cousin or sister.
A second great-grandmother is a cousin of a great-grandfather or great-grandmother.
A second great-great-grandmother is a cousin of a great-great-grandfather or great-grandmother.
A second cousin is the daughter of a great uncle (aunt).
A second cousin is a second cousin of a father or mother.
Second cousin - who is a relative in the third generation (by great-grandfather) (see grandchild).
A second cousin is the son of a cousin uncle (aunt).
A second uncle is a cousin of a grandfather or grandmother.
A second cousin is a second cousin of a father or mother.
A second cousin is the son of a second cousin or sister.
A second great-grandfather is a cousin of a great-grandfather or great-grandmother.
A second great-great-grandfather is a cousin of a great-great-grandfather or great-great-grandmother.
Adopted is a female person in relation to adoptive parents.
Adopted is a male person in relation to adoptive parents.
The surname is the same as the clan, family.
A fourth cousin is a second cousin of a grandfather or grandmother.
A fourth cousin is the daughter of a fourth cousin or sister.
Great-grandmother's fourth cousin is a second-cousin of a great-grandfather or great-grandmother.
A great-great-grandmother's fourth cousin is a second-cousin of a great-great-grandfather or great-grandmother.
A fourth cousin is the daughter of a second cousin (aunt).
A fourth cousin is a father's or mother's fourth cousin.
Four-cousin - who is a relative in the fourth generation by his great-grandfather.
A fourth cousin is the son of a second cousin uncle (aunt).
A fourth uncle is a second cousin of a grandfather or grandmother.
A fourth cousin is a father's or mother's fourth cousin.
A fourth cousin is the son of a fourth cousin or sister.
A fourth-cousin great-grandfather is a second cousin of a great-grandfather or great-grandmother.
Great-great-grandfather's fourth cousin - great-great-grandfather's second cousin.
Six-cousin - who is a relative in the sixth generation (after great-great-great-grandfather).
Brother-in-law is the brother of his wife.
Shurich is the son of his brother-in-law (brother of his wife).
Yatrov (yatrovka) - wife of a brother-in-law (husband's brother)

: The book "What is the correct name for relatives? Who has whom to whom?" - Irina Alekseevna Sinko