Each Russian family uses in everyday life only a few definitions from the complex, rooted in the depths of centuries terminology of kinship. Shortly before the February Revolution, most of the families of the Russian Empire were quite large, almost all relatives lived together under one roof or close to each other. Today, the situation looks in a completely different way: traditional family values in modern Russia are being followed less and less every day.
And today, many of us are having a hard time deciding who is who to whom. In Russian families, the circle of relatives has narrowed considerably, and we call distant relatives “the seventh water on jelly”, we cannot determine our kinship, wondering, “Who is my husband’s brother?”
In order to easily remember who the brother of the husband or sister of your wife is, you should get acquainted with the long-standing culture of family relationships between relatives and relatives, each of which has a name in Russian. It is interesting to know that the word "brotherhood" came to Indo-European languages from Sanskrit, where it literally means "second husband", because if a woman in those days was a widow, his brother took care of her and she passed on to him in a home with all his offspring.
Husband's Family and New Attributes
After the newlyweds have married and vowed to be together until the end of their days, a new unit of society is created, the young have new relatives both from one side and the other. To understand what the name of the husband’s brother or other relatives acquired in a marriage is called, you need to remember that the relatives who appeared in the young after the marriage are called property owners, 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 almost all of his relatives live. So who do they account for the young mistress? Most young people know that the husband’s parents are the mother-in-law and the mother-in-law, and the son’s wife for them is the daughter-in-law, or daughter-in-law. The sister-in-law is the sister of the newly made husband, but the husband’s brother is the brother-in-law for the young wife.
After the young people begin to understand new family ties and learn the terminology of kinship almost thoroughly, they can no longer be taken aback by questions such as: "Brother of the husband - who is this?" or: "What is the name of the husband’s sister?" In addition, many of those who are seriously interested in this issue are tempted to create their own family tree for their families.
Why is it important to keep peace in the family?
There are frequent cases when the parents, sister or brother of the husband 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. You need to try to resolve the conflict quietly and peacefully, but it is best to move with your spouse to separate housing, there is such an opportunity.
Do not forget that such situations are not unique and more and more young families starting an independent life, sooner or later, still remember their relatives and relatives and understand the full value of the ability to get along well with sister-in-law, brother-in-law, mother-in-law and mother-in-law. All of them become grandparents, aunts and uncles, and what else can be more important for young parents than a large and friendly family in which a small child will grow?