"Henry Brownlee" wrote: >[...] I have two ex-step-sisters; >my mother and step-father divorced. (Perhaps a nicer term is former >step-sisters? ) But how about if they hadn't divorced and were still married >when one died. Would the girls still be my step-sisters? I would think so, >anyway. My brother holds, firmly, that Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn were step-mothers of Edward VI.

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:25:20 GMT, myths@ic24.net (cecilia) wrote: >"Henry Brownlee" wrote: > >>[...] I have two ex-step-sisters; >>my mother and step-father divorced. (Perhaps a nicer term is former >>step-sisters? ) But how about if they hadn't divorced and were still married >>when one died. Would the girls still be my step-sisters? I would think so, >>anyway. > > >My brother holds, firmly, that Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn >were step-mothers of Edward VI. Hard to see how they could have been, since they were both dead before he was born. -- Jane

On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:06:15 -0500, Jane Benn <nospamplease99@rogers.com> wrote: >>My brother holds, firmly, that Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn >>were step-mothers of Edward VI. > >Hard to see how they could have been, since they were both dead before >he was born. He sees a lttle thing like that as no problem - one's father's wife is either one's mother or one's step-mother. (I happen to disagree - but that family for you. <grin>)

On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:09:05 GMT, myths@ic24.net (cecilia) wrote: >On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:06:15 -0500, Jane Benn ><nospamplease99@rogers.com> wrote: > >>>My brother holds, firmly, that Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn >>>were step-mothers of Edward VI. >> >>Hard to see how they could have been, since they were both dead before >>he was born. > >He sees a lttle thing like that as no problem - one's father's wife is >either one's mother or one's step-mother. > >(I happen to disagree - but that family for you. <grin>) Speaking of family, my Legacy just asked me if my mother was still alive. She happened to mention where she was christened in the course of being interviewed by a newspaper reporter, and I decided to put it in my database. Apparently Legacy thinks centenarians should be dead. Of course, Mom never has let what the world thought bother her much. :-) -- Jane