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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Weird if your Aunt by marriage says this about her sister's daughter when she has 5 nieces (by marriage)? Comment struck me as very odd.[/quote]

She is your uncle's wife. You are an in-law to her.  You are not her niece. At best you are her "niece-in-law" and nobody uses that phrase [b]or counts "niece-in-law" as a significant relationship[/b].

I doubt her use of the phrase as malicious. She probably wasn't thinking about you being so fragile or easily butthurt when she said it.  You need to toughen up, buttercup.[/quote]

I think you're probably the minority on this. Nieces/nephews by marriage are still nieces/nephews. If your sibling adopted a child, would you not count them as your niece/nephew, because you're not genetically related? That's just gross.

The distinction is really weird and bizarre. My SIL has a step-son. He's my nephew, even though he's still new to the family. But he's just as much my niece/nephew as those I've known since birth, or am related to.

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