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

CONCEPT

Kinship terms distinguish relationships by sex, generation, and whether the connection is by blood or marriage.

The suffix “-in-law” marks a relationship created through marriage. A spouse’s sister is therefore classified as a female sibling connected by marriage.

APPLICATION

Here, the wife is the spouse, and her sister is the spouse’s female sibling. The kinship term for that relationship is “sister-in-law.”

CONTRAST

• “brother-in-law” denotes a male relative connected through marriage, such as a spouse’s brother or a sibling’s husband.

• “mother-in-law” denotes the mother of one’s spouse, which is a different generation.

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

• “None of the above” would require no listed term to denote the relationship.

RESULT

A wife’s sister is a sister-in-law.