Reply by @bibana

Hihi, well, yes, but in Serbia, we also call our aunts’ and uncles’ children brothers and sisters. We even have specific terms for aunts and uncles depending on which side of the family they’re from. Your mother’s sister is your tetka (maternal aunts), your father’s sister is also tetka (paternal aunts), your mother’s brother is your ujak (maternal uncle) and your father’s brother is your stric (paternal uncle).

The terms for their partners change accordingly, too (teča, ujna, strina). And their children are our brothers and sisters. 😁

This probably sounded like an unsolvable math equation, sorry. 🤣

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@livinguktaiwan(81)· 3d
I see, that makes perfect sense. We also call our cousins from our dad's brothers as brother and sisters because we all have the same surname. And likewise, we have 7 different names for the 8 aunties depending on the relationship to us. Only the wives of our mother's brothers are called the same. We call all other aunties different names depending on whether they're younger or older than our mum or dad, and whether they're a sibling or married to a sibling.

So yours is not too complex, don't worry😄. It may sound so for other westerners where aunty and uncle is a catch all name for everyone. But I think our and your system is much clearer, and we know immediately how people are related.

Let's go and confuse them all now 🤣