Without siblings, only more distant cousins, a few uncles and aunts constituted the extended family.
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And uncles, aunts and cousins are all making their way to join the family and share in the holiday spirit.
Mother, father, brothers, sisters, cousins, uncles and aunts, grandparents, distant relatives.
The deaths of 20 first-graders and six adults compel all Americans as sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, uncles and aunts, to consult their moral compasses.
Bahjat's mother sobs on the phone as she asks after aunts, uncles and her grandchildren.
Alex and I had milestones, we went to friends' weddings, became honorary aunts and uncles.
Yet by the 1960s, rising prosperity and government-subsidized loans helped most of my numerous aunts and uncles own their residence.
Her aunts, uncles and two brothers who were on stage at the Staples Center arena reached over to console Paris.
Her mother was there and her extended family of aunts and uncles.
My daughter is now going to the same school as did her mother and aunts and uncles (and has three cousins in the school as well).
Ken Miller left the state several times--"trying to get away from my own sexuality"--but eventually returned to his four siblings and 12 aunts and uncles.
He is special to his mother, grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends.
When I was a child the adults around me, my great-aunts and uncles, would always say things about what I might be when I grew up.
Both had left behind beloved grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends.
That's not the situation for the majority of orphanage children around the world, who don't have caring grandparents or aunts and uncles a short walk or bike ride away.
Mary Ann Lanza, who was married to Adam's now-deceased grandfather, said the Lanzas "were a lovely family, " who were close with cousins, aunts and uncles who lived across New England.
An extended family of aunts and uncles and cousins who you could turn to at the drop of the hat, if you ever got caught doing something improper on the street.
So I will only tell you the really astonishing things that happened, and you may leave the book about quite safely, for no aunts and uncles either are likely to write 'How true!'
For some of the students I saw at university in China, their tuition was being paid for by a number of people in the family, not just the parents, including grandparents, aunts and uncles, and even well-off cousins.
Last but not least, I want to recognize all the people who helped you to reach this milestone: the parents, the grandparents, the aunts, the uncles, the sisters, the brothers, the friends, the neighbors -- (applause) -- who have loved you and stood behind you every step of the way.
Go to GottaRegister.com. (Applause.) If you don't know how to vote -- maybe you're 17, turning 18, first time -- go to GottaVote.com. (Applause.) If you're already registered and you're already going to be voting, then you've got to grab your friends, you've got to grab your neighbors, you've got to grab your cousins, your aunts and your uncles -- (applause) -- you've got to corner your -- and your grandparents. (Laughter.) You've got to talk to your co-workers.
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