Do you know that the husband's brother is your brother-in-law?

Each Russian family uses in everyday life only a few definitions of a complex, rooted in the depths of the centuries terminology of kinship. Shortly before the February Revolution, most families of the Russian Empire were quite large, almost all relatives lived together under one roof or not far from each other. Today the situation looks quite different: traditional family values in modern Russia are getting smaller every day.

And nowadays many of us can hardly determine who is who to whom. In Russian families, the family circle has narrowed considerably, and we call the distant relatives "the seventh water on the jelly", we can not determine our kinship, asking the question: "Is my brother's brother who I am?"

In order to easily remember who your husband's brother or your wife's sister is, you should get acquainted with the long-standing culture of family relationships between relatives and relatives, each of which has its own name in Russian. It is interesting to know that the word "brother-in-law" came to Indo-European languages from Sanskrit, where literally "second husband" meant literally, because if a woman in those distant times became a widow, his brother took care of her on his shoulders, and she went to him In a dwelling with all his offspring.

Family of the husband and new relatives

After the newlyweds played a wedding and vowed to be together until the end of their days, a new social unit is created, young people have new relatives on both sides. In order to understand what the husband's brother or other relatives got in marriage, it is necessary to remember that the relatives who have appeared at the young after the marriage are called inheritors, that is, relatives by marriage, and not by blood.

According to the ancient family tradition, the son must bring his wife to the parental home, where practically all his relatives live. So who do they belong to the young housewife? Most young people know that her husband's parents are a father-in-law and mother-in-law, and the son's wife is a daughter-in-law for them, or a daughter-in-law. Zolovka is the sister of her new husband, but her husband's brother is a brother-in-law for a young wife.

After young people begin to understand new family ties and learn the terminology of kinship almost thoroughly, they can not be taken by surprise by such questions as: "Is the brother of a husband who is this?" Or: "What is the name of the husband's own sister?". In addition, many of those who are seriously interested in this issue, are eager to independently create a complete family tree of their family.

Why is it important to preserve peace in the family?

There are often cases when the parents, sister or brother of the husband - this is a real headache for a young wife who has to live with her husband's relatives in the same house. In this case, do not aggravate the situation. It is necessary to try to solve the conflict quietly and peacefully, and it is best to move with a spouse in a separate housing, there is such an opportunity.

Do not forget that such situations are not unique and more and more young families who are starting an independent life, sooner or later still remember their relatives and relatives and understand the value of the ability to get along well with sister-in-law, brother-in-law, father-in-law and mother-in-law. All of them become grandmothers and grandfathers, aunts and uncles, and what else can be more important for young parents than a large and friendly family in which a young child will grow up?