I have a young nephew and a young niece by proxy. What can they call me? Names, pronunciaton and alliteration inside! [more inside]
posted by youngergirl44 on Jun 4, 2009 - 46 answers

Searching for a gender neutral term for Aunt/Uncle? [more inside]
posted by gleea on Jun 5, 2008 - 53 answers

It occured to me the other day that one result of China's one-child policy is that most people since 1979 have probably grown up without brothers, sisters or cousins and more recently without aunts or uncles. Is that accurate? Have other social roles become more prominent in order to fill these gaps? [more inside]
posted by Jeff Howard on Jun 4, 2008 - 11 answers

Forgotten relations have parachuted into my life...Can I make them useful? [more inside]
posted by frosty_hut on Dec 26, 2007 - 22 answers

Patching Windows XP from burned CDs? [more inside]
posted by simonw on Feb 16, 2006 - 8 answers

Why are "aunt" and "uncle", emplyed in a nonfamilial sense, used as terms of endearment and honorifics in so many societies?
posted by deafmute on Mar 31, 2005 - 17 answers