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  1. Rye83

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    I was recently at my gf's family's house for the first time and there was a young lad there (about 10 years old) that called my gf "mama". I was taken back a bit and quickly asked the obvious questions. Turned out to be a sister who left the kid with the parents long ago. (Unless my gf was around 10 when she had a kid.....:cautious: I don't want to think about that.) However, it did become apparent later on that the kid also called the lola "mama". It seems the kid is as confused as I am. I don't even try to make sense of what a Filipino refers to as "family"....I just take their word on it and accept the possibility that it's some messed up drama I'd rather not hear about.

    In your case: what does this "grandfather" have to gain from the introduction? I imagine some sort of skill set ("this if my grandfather...and btw he's a plumber") or an "I know/am related to so-and-so" (your life could be made easier when dealing with "so-and-so"'s government agency) was introduced along with him? I'd just make a mental note of it. :wink:

    But then again.....maybe he is just a friendly guy who is interested in who his bayut cousin/kid/grandchild is doing business with. :meh:
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    It makes my brain hurt trying to figure out that family tree.
     
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    Rye83, Aug 30, 2015
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  2. Pompolino

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    I have noticed that my better half refers to the sisters of her real grandmother also as grandmother and when she addresses them she does so with the title. So it becomes confusing to me, not her, when she says I was speaking to my grandmother in Iloilo and I say has your grandmother moved? She just looks at me puzzled but she is referring to her grandmother's sister. This may be the case here and with the huge number and age difference in children people have the 10 year difference in ages can be explained.


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    Pompolino, Aug 30, 2015
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