Posted by andyb on March 25, 2006 at 11:58:31 from 81.131.90.210 user beardbiter.
In Reply to: Whose sister was Aunt Helen? posted by Jeremy Kriewaldt on March 25, 2006 at 07:36:12:
In English kin reckoning "Aunt" is a very elastic term. It doesn't necessarily mean 'mother's sister'; father's sister'; 'mother's brother's wife' etc but might be applied to cousins of varoius degrees and approriate age and/or generation, family friends and so on.