Here's an interesting discussion about language and how different languages express familial relations. (For example, in Spanish concuñado is "the brother of the spouse of my sibling" (my brother-in-law's brother?), easily expressing the connection without having to worry about such a mouthful).
English seems quite bland and simplistic in comparison to some of the examples given. I recently also learned about Bininj gun-wok, an indigenous Australian language, which has a collection of familial terminology so complex that it can take more than 20 years for native speakers to fully acquire them all!
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