Talk:Christiane Amanpour/Archives/2018

Niece in law? What the hell?
First I've ever heard of the term "niece-in-law". Seems like clutching at straws. My uncle by blood is married to a woman I call my aunt, but that doesn't mean I have any relation to my aunt's siblings. I don't know them at all. This should be removed unless Amanpour had an actual connection to these people. 24.137.114.138 (talk) 18:42, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

The term used in the 'Personal life' section is actually 'niece (by marriage)'. I'm sure I've heard the terms 'niece by marriage' and 'nephew by marriage' in the past, when I lived in a small town inhabited by lots of relatives and in-laws and where there was a lot of local interest in how people were related by blood or marriage. Of course the terms 'aunt-in-law' and 'uncle-in-law' were also common and I used them myself, having several there and elsewhere. You mention referring to your uncle's wife as your 'aunt', which is not strictly accurate since she's actually your aunt-in-law. And if she is your aunt-in-law doesn't that make you her niece-in-law (assuming you're female) even if you've never heard that term being used? And if she has two brothers they must be your uncle's brothers-in-law, so doesn't that make them your uncles-in-law and you their niece-in-law? (That's the relationship the article refers to - and why shouldn't it be mentioned, since they are all famous?)

Now, if you get around to reading this, I'd like to pose you a brainteaser. In the Medieval ballad "Robin Hood's Death" Robin refers to the Prioress of Kirklees in this way: "The Dame Prior is my aunt's daughter and nigh unto my kin." His aunt's daughter would be Robin's first cousin. She would be of his kin, since his aunt would be the sister of either his father or his mother. So why does he say that she is only 'nigh unto my kin' - near to his kin - but not of his kin? How exactly were Robin Hood and the Prioress of Kirklees related? O Murr (talk) 07:08, 24 June 2018 (UTC)