Stephanie’s Family!
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Grandfather Grandmother Grandfather Mesewaaa!
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Abena Kofi Kwesi Ama Kojo Ernest Vivian Yaw Boamah Uncle Kwesi Uncle Kojo Aunt Akosua Uncle Philip !
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Adwoa Abena George Vanessa Richmond Stephanie(Me) Alice Nana Kissi Lady Ama Abena!
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John!
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Relationships:!
Mesewaa is Vanessa’s grandmother. They have a linear or direct relation because 1.
Vanessa’s mom, Vivian, is Mesewaa’s daughter. !
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2. Stephanie’s (me) first cousins, from her dad’s (Ernest) side, are Adwoa and Abena.
Their relation is collateral because even though they descend from a common ancestor
(our grandparents), we are not in a direct line. Adwoa and Abena’s father is my father’s
brother which makes him my uncle. !
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3. Vivian and Uncle Philip are in-laws. Vivian is Uncle Philip’s sister in-law and he is her
brother in-law. They have an affinal relation because Uncle Philip is married to Vivian’s
sister, Aunt Akosua. So Vivian is related to Akosua’s husband through his marriage to her
sister. !
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4. Nana Kissi, Lady, Ama, and Abena are siblings. They have a consanguineal relation
because they both share the same parents; this makes them related by blood. !
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5. Alice and Nana Kissi are John’s adoptive parents. This mean that John has a foster
relation with Alice and Nana Kissi; he is connected to them through fostering rather than
by birth or blood. They had to adopt because they could not have a child of their own
after six years of marriage . !
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