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[quote=Anonymous][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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When DH and I got married, his sister's daughters were 9 and 12.  They live in a different  country I've only seen them on two separate occasions.  And of course they are my nieces.  One of them is in college and one is in high school and we're in fairly frequent contact by text, e-mail, etc (time difference makes phone hard).  I adore them and I think the feeling is mutual.  Of course I refer to them as my nieces![/quote]

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