Directions: Choose the correct alternative for each of the following. Sister’s…

Concept

Kinship terms describe family relationships created either by birth or by marriage.

An in-law term identifies a relative connected through marriage rather than direct descent.

Application

A sister’s husband is a man connected to the family through the sister’s marriage. The conventional kinship term for that relationship is brother-in-law.

Contrast

• Sister-in-law denotes a spouse’s sister or a sibling’s wife.

• Cousin denotes a child of an aunt or uncle.

• More than one of the above would require at least two listed terms to denote the same relationship.

• None of the above would apply only if no listed term denoted the relationship.

Result

Therefore, a sister’s husband is called a brother-in-law.