Every Russian family uses in everyday life just a few definitions from the complex, which has its roots deep into the centuries kinship terminology.Even shortly before the February Revolution, most of the families of the Russian Empire were quite large, almost all families lived together under one roof, or near each other.Today, the situation looks completely different way: traditional family values in modern Russia is followed every day less.
And today many of us have difficulty determining who is someone who.In terms of native Russian families has narrowed significantly, and extended family we call already "water on the seventh jelly," can not define their relationship, wondering: "Brother husband - who is for me?".
order to easily remember who was the brother of her husband, or your wife's sister, should be acquainted with the long-standing culture of family relationships between relatives and in-laws, each of which in the Russian language has found its name.It is interesting to know that the word "brother-in-law" came in the Indo-European languages has from Sanskrit, which literally means "the second husband," because if a woman in those days became a widow caring for her take on his shoulders, his brother, and she went over to himin the house with all his offspring.
husband's family and new in-laws
After the couple got married and vowed to be together until the end of his days, a new unit of society, the young, new families on the one and the other.To understand how her husband called brother or other relatives, acquired in a marriage, you need to remember that the relatives have appeared in young after marriage, are called cousins, that is, relatives by marriage, not blood.
According to an ancient family tradition, a son is to bring his wife to her parents' house, which is home to almost all his family.So who fall are a young mistress?Most of the young know that my husband's parents - a father and mother, wife and son for them - the daughter or daughter in law.In-law - a sister new husband, but the husband's brother - a brother-in-law for his young wife.
After the young begin to understand the new family ties of kinship terminology and learn about thoroughly, they can no longer be surprised by such questions as: "the husband's brother - who is this?"or "What is the sister of my husband?".In addition, many of those who are seriously interested in the matter, light up the desire to create your own complete genealogical tree of his family.
Why is it important to keep peace in the family
many cases where parents, sister or brother of her husband - a real headache for his young wife, who have to live with in-laws in the same house.In this case, it is not necessary to aggravate the situation.We must try to resolve the conflict peacefully and quietly, and is better to move with her husband in a separate housing, there is such a possibility.
Do not forget that such situations are not isolated and more young families starting an independent life, sooner or later, still remember their relatives and in-laws and understand the value of good skills to get along with in-law, brother-in-law and father in law.All of them are grandparents, aunts and uncles, and what else could be more important for new parents than the large and close-knit family in which to grow a small child?
