Relation
Relation noun - A person connected with another by blood or marriage.
Uncle and relation are semantically related In some cases you can use "Uncle" instead a noun "Relation".
Nearby Word: relational
Uncle
Uncle noun - The brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt.
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He was mostly a Jobber, though his career picked up a bit when he started feuding with his uncle Eddie Guerrero.note Important relation note: Although Eddie is Chavo's uncle, it's important to note that Eddie is nearly a generation younger than Chavo's father.
Source: Wrestling / Chavo Guerrero Jr. - Then in "Into the Garden" it turns out Geraldine was adopted too - meaning Cat has no blood relation to Geraldine after all, and Geraldine had wrongly believed she was in love with her own uncle.
Source: Creator / V. C. Andrews -
A father of two sons will, after one reset, become an uncle with two nephews, then a distant relation, then a complete stranger, then *poof* gone unless they escape to the "real" Seattle in time.
Source: Ret Gone
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