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My mother's brother is my "uncle". His son is my "cousin". His wife is my "aunt". Each of these words names a specific person based on their familial relationship to me. Together the three of them make up a family of their own. Is there a way to name that family as it relates to me? This would be similar to how "in-laws" refers to a married couple as they relate to me via my marriage, if I were married (He's single, ladies).

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  • Why not just call them “your uncle’s family”? Choose uncle over aunt since your uncle is more closely related.
    – Jim
    Jul 17, 2015 at 22:24
  • Or your cousin's family, for that matter.
    – Oldcat
    Jul 17, 2015 at 22:49

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parents - father & mother
grandparents - grandfather & grandmother
siblings - brother & sister
niblings - nephew & niece
piblings - uncle & aunt

The latter is pending approval as of now: There isn't a word for it!

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  • If they get approved, I vote "pibnib" for the family comprising niblings and piblings, as it relates to one.
    – DyingIsFun
    Jul 17, 2015 at 18:58
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    As long as we are being whimsical, can we use "outlaws" for the relatives of a divorced spouse?
    – ab2
    Jul 17, 2015 at 19:19

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