Half-aunt?

Nov. 2nd, 2008 09:08 am
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From time to time I claim that English needs more kinship terms, but I don't think half-aunt was what I had in mind. I presume that means Zeituni Onyango is the half-sister of Obama's father, but what an odd phrase.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/01/obama.aunt.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText

Date: 2008-11-03 06:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] miraclaire.livejournal.com
It sounded weird to me too.
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