Family ties

Sometimes family ties can become very complicated. Now just look at what happened ol' Jack.

Five years ago, when he was 55, he married a 45 year old widow named Tina who had a daughter Sally aged 20 and a son Peter aged 18. Thus Jack became the husband of Tina and the father of Sally and Peter. At the same time Jack’s father, John, became the father of Tina and the grandfather of Sally and Peter.

Soon afterwards Tina fell pregnant and gave birth to a son and they named him Deon. Deon, of course is the grandson of John (Jack’s father). Deon also became the brother of Sally and Peter. This was all kosher until John, at the age of 76, announced that he and Sally (Jack’s daughter), then 21, were in love and planned to be married soon.

By this union Jack became the father of his father (thus his own grandfather), and also the son of his daughter (his own grandson) and the nephew of his wife. John became the son of his son (also his own grandson), the husband of his granddaughter and the brother-in-law of his grandson. Jack’s newborn son, Deon, became the brother-in law of his grandfather and the uncle of his mother and father. There were too many new relative lines drawn to mention here.

As if things were not complicated enough, Sally also fell pregnant and she too bore a son. They named him Fred. Fred became the brother of Jack by way of his father and also his grandson through Sally. He also became the cousin and great uncle of Deon. Also in the process, he became uncle of his mother.

And now he tells me that Lisa, his daughter from his first marriage, is upset with him because he told her to F-off when she informed him that she was in love with Tina’s son Peter and plans to marry him soon.

And I thought my family was muddled up.

Aw well,it is Monday. Enjoy it.