Am I related to this guy?

Trojan Donkey · 29-05-2015 5:18pm #1

Most pointless thread, 2015. Feel free to lock this and/or ban me afterwards.

My uncle's wife's sister's husband is the uncle of Bob (name has been changed for privacy reasons). Am I related to Bob? This is not a riddle.

I couldn't find any forum more suitable than this one. Apologies for this retarded thread.

ScumLord · 29-05-2015 5:21pm

No, I assume you want to ride him, so you should be good to go.

PandaPoo · 29-05-2015 5:23pm

Shag away, no green babies with ten heads for you

Trojan Donkey · 29-05-2015 5:25pm

ScumLord wrote: »

No, I assume you want to ride him, so you should be good to go.

PandaPoo wrote: »

Shag away, no green babies with ten heads for you

I know you're both very hungry, but unfortunately it's against the rules to feed trolls. Sorry lads.

Fr_Dougal · 29-05-2015 5:25pm

The Yes vote seems to have left you in quite the pickle.

Flippyfloppy · 29-05-2015 5:26pm

Not by blood at least.

WhatNowForUs? · 29-05-2015 5:27pm

Is it Bob from Blackadder?

Miss Demeanour · 29-05-2015 5:27pm

Yes......it sounds like Bobs your uncle.......

J K · 29-05-2015 5:28pm

Bob is your second cousin. Bob doesn't like you. Neither does his wife. And her sister.

major bill · 29-05-2015 5:29pm

You are only related to your Uncle's wife not her Sister, you could have a threesome with Bob and the uncle's Wife's Sister

The Backwards Man · 29-05-2015 5:31pm

You're Bob.

Well, you could be.

Trojan Donkey · 29-05-2015 5:32pm

J K wrote: »

Bob is your second cousin. Bob doesn't like you. Neither does his wife. And her sister.

I never said Bob had a wife.

BTW, I'm not gay. "Bob" wasn't sure about us being related or not and I told him I'd find out.

Eugene Norman · 29-05-2015 5:32pm

Trojan Donkey wrote: »

Most pointless thread, 2015. Feel free to lock this and/or ban me afterwards.

My uncle's wife's sister's husband is the uncle of Bob (name has been changed for privacy reasons). Am I related to Bob? This is not a riddle.

I couldn't find any forum more suitable than this one. Apologies for this retarded thread.

Your uncles wife is your aunt in law but not blood. Her sister is no relation. Her sisters husband is no relation.

Bob is therefore your uncle. Or no relation. But definitely the latter.

(Unless you're playing games where your aunts sister married your father, then ****e off).

The Backwards Man · 29-05-2015 5:34pm

Eugene Norman wrote: »

Your uncles wife is your aunt in law but not blood. Her sister is no relation. Her sisters husband is no relation.

Bob is therefore your uncle. Or no relation.

Could be two brothers married to two sisters, that would make them his parents.

Eugene Norman · 29-05-2015 5:36pm

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Could be two brothers married to two sisters, that would make them his parents.

Yeah I edited that post. To be fair I think he's not playing that game. If he is -- we know where to find him.

ScumLord · 29-05-2015 5:36pm

Trojan Donkey wrote: »

I never said Bob had a wife.

BTW, I'm not gay. "Bob" wasn't sure about us being related or not and I told him I'd find out.

Was he winking when he asked?

volchitsa · 29-05-2015 5:38pm

Trojan Donkey wrote: »

Most pointless thread, 2015. Feel free to lock this and/or ban me afterwards.

My uncle's wife's sister's husband is the uncle of Bob (name has been changed for privacy reasons). Am I related to Bob? This is not a riddle.

I couldn't find any forum more suitable than this one. Apologies for this retarded thread.

Seems to me you either are Bob or you're no relation. Or maybe Bob's brother, depending. You haven't told us if your uncle's wife's sister's husband was also your uncle's brother. In which case he could well be your dad. So you'd be Bob. Or Bob's brother. Or sister.

HTH.

volchitsa · 29-05-2015 5:38pm

ScumLord wrote: »

Was he winking when he asked?

Oh dear I misread that. Euuw.

Trojan Donkey · 29-05-2015 5:46pm

Let me explain in greater detail.

There is a family. There are two sisters in that family.
My uncle married one sister, Bob's uncle married the other.
If I am related to them, it's through my uncle's marriage. Which is what I'm trying to figure out.

Maybe I asked the question wrong. I may not be "related" to him, but is Bob a cousin or something like that? Cousin in law? Anything?

Again, this is NOT a riddle or joke or brainteaser.

retro:electro · 29-05-2015 5:47pm

Sure aren't we all related really

dodderangler · 29-05-2015 5:47pm

Miss Demeanour wrote: »

Yes......it sounds like Bobs your uncle.......

Wonder does he have an aunt named fanny

Yellowblackbird · 29-05-2015 5:50pm

Don't worry. We'll get this sorted. The next step is to see some pictures of the two sisters.

Trojan Donkey · 29-05-2015 5:51pm

anna080 wrote: »

Sure aren't we all related really

Yes. All predictions of what is going to cause the human race to die out are wrong. We are all slowly turning inbred.

catallus · 29-05-2015 5:54pm

Bob is your second-cousin-in-law, once removed.

There really is no mystery to this.

Jhcx · 29-05-2015 5:57pm

Scrapped the whole lot just call it incest and dont do anything

Flippyfloppy · 29-05-2015 5:58pm

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin#/media/File:Canon_law_relationship_chart.svg

Trojan Donkey · 29-05-2015 5:58pm

catallus wrote: »

Bob is your second-cousin-in-law, once removed.

There really is no mystery to this.

Are you sure? Wouldn't we need to come from the same grandparents?

Flippyfloppy · 29-05-2015 6:04pm

If ye were both nephews to the Aunt inlaws/ sisters then you two would be cousins. You're sort of cousin inlaws although cousin inlaws are 'cousins of your inlaws'

Whereas you are both nephews of inlaws.

Trojan Donkey · 29-05-2015 6:12pm

Flippyfloppy wrote: »

If ye were both nephews to the Aunt inlaws/ sisters then you two would be cousins. You're sort of cousin inlaws although cousin inlaws are 'cousins of your inlaws'

Whereas you are both nephews of inlaws.

What would my aunt in-law's sister be to me? She might not be related to me but there must be a name for it.

29-05-2015 6:13pm

Trojan Donkey wrote: »

What would my aunt in-law's sister be to me? She might not be related to me but there must be a name for it.

aunt-in-law's sister.

Mr_Muffin · 29-05-2015 6:14pm

If the person you want to ride didn't live in the same house as you when you were growing up then it is OK.

catallus · 29-05-2015 6:15pm

Trojan Donkey wrote: »

Are you sure? Wouldn't we need to come from the same grandparents?

No, that's where the "removed" comes in.

wil · 29-05-2015 6:16pm

Maybe you were adopted....

NegativeOne · 29-05-2015 6:17pm

Is bob a friend of Dorothys?!

Trojan Donkey · 29-05-2015 6:17pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Smart

Ok, we're getting close. Me and "Bob's" aunt in-laws are sisters. That may have been obvious to some already.

Trojan Donkey · 29-05-2015 6:19pm

Mr_Muffin wrote: »

If the person you want to ride didn't live in the same house as you when you were growing up then it is OK.

Next person to make a silly joke like this is getting reported.

catallus wrote: »

No, that's where the "removed" comes in.

According to Google, that means from another generation.

However, I don't know what is meant by generation in this case. Is it family or is it great grand parents?

catallus · 29-05-2015 6:22pm

Trojan Donkey wrote: »

Ok, we're getting close. Me and "Bob's" aunt in-laws are sisters. That may have been obvious to some already.

You're on the right track here.

They have a common parent.

http://lifehacker.com/second-cousins-once-removed-and-more-explained-in-1661572056

J K · 29-05-2015 6:23pm

Trojan Donkey wrote: »

Next person to make a silly joke like this is getting reported

You're a gobsh1te.

wil · 29-05-2015 6:23pm

Trojan Donkey wrote: »

Ok, we're getting close. Me and "Bob's" aunt in-laws are sisters. That may have been obvious to some already.

Were they named Rita and Sue by any chance?

Trojan Donkey · 29-05-2015 6:27pm

wil wrote: »

Were they named Rita and Sue by any chance?

No and I don't get your reference.

29-05-2015 6:30pm

Trojan Donkey wrote: »

That may have been obvious to some already.

Trojan Donkey wrote: »

Next person to make a silly joke like this is getting reported.

Dude, you're in AH on a Friday night. Nobody cares about your aunt's sister's husbands nephew or whether or not this is incest.

Just do it already.

catallus · 29-05-2015 6:41pm

This should help:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=uncles%27s+wife%27s+sister%27s+husband%27s+nephew

Now, like you said, "Me and "Bob's" aunt in-laws are sisters", so Bob is your second-cousin-in-law, once removed.

Next!

Trojan Donkey · 29-05-2015 6:49pm

catallus wrote: »

Now, like you said, "Me and "Bob's" aunt in-laws are sisters", so Bob is your second-cousin-in-law, once removed.

Next!

But that family tree I looked at says that he would need to be descended from my great great grandparent to be my second cousin in law, once removed. He is not.

catallus · 29-05-2015 6:53pm

Trojan Donkey wrote: »

But that family tree I looked at says that he would need to be descended from my great great grandparent to be my second cousin in law, once removed. He is not.

No. It says that he would need to be descended from your great great grandparent to be your second cousin in law, once removed.

The in-law comes from the nexus of your aunt-in-laws being sisters.

Let me know how it goes, I'll be in Moe's

EDIT: Just to be clear here, the answer to your question is: No, you are not related to Bob in any recognised sense. Cousins in law isn't really a thing when ye are that far apart. In-laws only penetrate so far, it's a Roman thing.

Eugene Norman · 29-05-2015 8:08pm

Trojan Donkey wrote: »

Next person to make a silly joke like this is getting reported.

According to Google, that means from another generation.

However, I don't know what is meant by generation in this case. Is it family or is it great grand parents?

Look. No. You are not related. You are not related to your aunt in law either although politeness dictates we call close in laws related.

Related by blood you are not.

Trojan Donkey · 31-05-2015 1:44pm

Ok, I want to know if I'm related to this next guy.

John had a son. My (female) first cousin, once removed, married John's son. Am I related to John?