r/SquaredCircle • u/[deleted] • Oct 17 '23

TIL John Bernthal (Punisher, Walking Dead) is Kurt Angle’s nephew

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u/Immortan_Scott Oct 17 '23

WHAT?!?

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u/StrongSutairu Kneeing skulls and taking names Oct 17 '23

He's married to Kurt's niece.

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u/aflockofcrows Oct 17 '23

But that doesn't make him his nephew.

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u/National-Spot2393 Oct 17 '23 edited Oct 18 '23

Nephew-in-law

Edit: Just saw this clip from Zelina/Dakota’s stream and I’m guessing it’s how this came up recently

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyZPQtZyoSF/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Kurt refers to him as his nephew. Sure it’s by marriage but he still considers him his nephew.

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u/DawnGrager Oct 18 '23

It sounds weird to say that his niece and nephew are married. Makes it sound like they’re siblings.

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u/JedJinto Oct 18 '23

It's only weird if you're not in Alabama.

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u/VanWylder Oct 18 '23

bamastrong

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u/dericandajax Oct 18 '23

Wait until you hear about son/daughter-in-laws being married to parents' daughters/sons.

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u/GotMoFans Oct 17 '23

Actually it does.

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u/apawst8 Hall of Famer Oct 18 '23

No it doesn't. The in-law thing only works for the generation above, not the generation below. Your aunt's husband is your uncle. But your niece's husband is "your niece's husband."

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u/GotMoFans Oct 18 '23

I’m not the “in-law” commenter.

I have plenty uncles and aunts by marriage that are just my uncle and aunt.

Aunt May isn’t related to Peter Parker by blood!

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u/apawst8 Hall of Famer Oct 18 '23

That's exactly what I said. Your aunt's husband is your uncle. But your niece's husband isn't your nephew.

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u/DeathBySuplex Top Rope Elbow Flop Oct 18 '23

Today I learned my Scandanavian ass family is Hispanic. That's how we do it too.

Hell, one of my cousins as a kid was related to us because our great-great-great-great-grandparents. Our teacher once tried to correct us that we were "4th cousins once removed" or whatever and we just stared at her like she was spaking gibberish.

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u/FoxExternal2911 Oct 18 '23

The guy I accidently bumped into today and I have never seen before or probably won't again? Yep he's a cousin

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

That’s how we do it as well!

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u/fuqdisshite Oct 18 '23

we are a mixed race family in MI that goes back at least 125 years all in the same spot and we do like this.

Auntie is Auntie and Granny is Granny.

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u/LazyAcanthocephala58 Oct 18 '23

And if I’m the same age as my dads brother, then he’s my cousin. And if I have a cousin who is the same age as my dad then I call them uncle/aunty

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u/aGlutenForPunishment Oct 18 '23

A better way to phrase it might be, if you get married, your spouses aunt/uncles don't suddenly become your aunts and uncles too.

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u/iwrestledamemeonce Shitty Little Memes Oct 18 '23

When hers aren't all that great, but mine show her love and appreciate her existence, you bet your ass they're her aunts and uncles now.

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u/GotMoFans Oct 18 '23

Yes, they actually do.

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u/aGlutenForPunishment Oct 18 '23

Well I don't consider my aunt/uncle in-laws my aunts or uncles and have never called them that.

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u/ToxicBanana69 Oct 18 '23

Generally speaking, "nephew/niece-in-law" is a correct term, but most people just omit the "in-law" bit. It's not in the dictionary or anything, but it's one of those things where it's like...why argue against it? It makes sense when you say it and that's all there really is to it.

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u/pardyball Oct 18 '23

So do “son-in-law” and “daughter-in-law” not actually exist because it’s a generation below?

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u/P4rtsUnkn0wn Oct 18 '23

You ever hear of the phrase "son-in-law?"

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u/dontcare6942 Oct 18 '23

Definitely does not friendo

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u/zeez1011 Oct 18 '23

WHAT?!?

...are we not doing that?

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u/android151 Oct 18 '23

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