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When I divorced my first wife (after 17 years as a couple, and nearly 10 married), I told her niece (aged 17) that I wouldn't expect her to call me "Uncle".
She told me that of course I would still be her Uncle.
When I re-married, my new wife has an extended family which are now part of my extended family.
My ex-wife has a whacky family tree:
- her father was one of three siblings, and has a half brother by his mother's second marriage, but found out later that he also had a set of four half siblings from his father's bigamous concurrent second marriage
- her mother had a daughter by an ealier marriage; this was my wife's half sister and mother of the niece.
- my ex-half-sister in law was married once and had the niece, was divorced and then had a son by a second man.
- my maternal grandmother was one of four, but had a set of half siblings from her mother (my great-grandmother)
When I divorced, my ex-wife's late-father's sisters all stayed in touch with me (to retain contact with my daughter, their great niece) but not with her (as they did not approve of her infidelity). When my daughter's great aunt had her 60th wedding anniversary, they invited me and my daughter, and my new wife. I refused, as my mother in law was staying that weekend, so they invited her too!
So, yes, families are screwy.
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Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air,
And deep beneath the rolling waves,
In labyrinths of Coral Caves,
The Echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand;
And everthing is Green and Submarine
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