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Riah
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Riah asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 9 years ago

english question: if Mary is Gary's sister, and Tom is Jerry's brother, and Tom and Mary are married..?

how is the relation between Jerry (husband's brother) and Gary (wife's brother) called?

and how is the relation between Tom and Gary called, if there's a different word for that?

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    Lv 6
    9 years ago
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    Tom and Gary are brothers-in-law.Sister's husband/ Wife's brother

    There is no special word for the relationship between Gary and Jerry.

    The simplest descriptions would be. Sister-in-law's brother/ brother-in-law's brother.

  • 9 years ago

    Jerry and Gary are simply referred to as "in-laws" in English, the the relationship for Tom and Gary is "brother-in-law"

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