Two lovers meet: gifts, kisses, walks under the moon and passionate confessions - romance! And there comes a time when people understand - this is fate, now only together and forever! Wedding, fun, courage. The still small, only born union of two hearts becomes a part of a large family. And a puzzle arises: you need to understand the many new relatives. Who are brother-in-law? And who’s brother’s wife? And the cousin’s husband, the mother’s aunt?
To explain who is who - sometimes one sentence is not enough, but if you start to understand this, then in general the mind goes beyond such constructions. But still, our ancestors came up with several terms for such cases. Previously, everyone lived in large families, and remembering these designations was not difficult. Now, when families live not only in different cities, but also around the world, these concepts seem to be something difficult to understand. Let’s try to figure out who his brother’s wife is.
Do you know such a thing as sister-in-law, brother? The brother’s wife - this is the same brother (in Ukraine) and sister-in-law (in Russia). At the same time, the sister-in-law of the husband is also called the sister-in-law. Those who do not particularly go into details, the brother's wife can be called a daughter-in-law and also will not be mistaken. This is the common name for a wife in relation to another family.
Let's make a little clarity about how to dignify men. Shurin is already his wife’s brother, he can be called a schwager, and brother-in-law is the husband’s brother, and it’s also acceptable to call him a schwager.
The brother’s wife is a near and dear person whom you will see quite often at family feasts and holidays, so you should still establish good, trusting relationships with her.
In general, family ties can conditionally be divided into three categories. The first is blood relatives. These are relatives who have a common mother and father. If the child does not have brothers or sisters, then the blood relationship ends. The second - the inherents, this is a kinship that occurs after marriage, that is, our brother-in-law, sister-in-law, mother-in-law, yatrovka, etc. The brother's wife is a relative who is also on this list. And the third group is unrelated ties. That is, a five-cousin aunt on his dad's line of his second cousin. In general, water on jelly.
Since in an ordinary family, as a rule, two children are born, then most of us have cousins. If a relative marries, then his bride also needs to be called somehow. So, the cousin's wife is a brother. It doesn’t sound very melodic, but it just so happened. These are already more distant relatives, they rarely meet, mainly weddings, christenings, funerals or anniversaries, that is, grandiose events to which everyone from the family is invited. The situation becomes even more confusing if you have this remarriage. In this case, the number of relatives doubles, it’s very difficult to figure out who is who.
The most important thing is to love each other. But it is not so important to treat relatives and their families with respect and understanding, to extinguish conflicts as much as possible and to live with pleasure, and how you call your brother’s wife - sister-in-law, brotherly or just the sun.
