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A person can be mothered, fathered, grandfathered, but why not any or all of the others?

Sistered, brothered, aunted, uncled, cousined, nieced, nephewed, etc. 
  Why??????
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Posted - September 4
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  • 10629
    One is "cuisined" by cannibals.

    If they're aunted they're being stepped on.
      September 4, 2024 5:48 PM MDT
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  • 3698
    "CUISINES?????"
      September 5, 2024 7:29 AM MDT
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  • 53502


      Cursed AutoInCorrect, combined with cursed failure to proofread! Grrrrrrrr.

      September 5, 2024 5:05 PM MDT
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  • 3698
    Thank you auto-correct. :)
      September 5, 2024 6:24 PM MDT
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  • 10993
    I have never heard of a person being grandfathered. The only way I have heard that term used is to refer to being exempt from a new law or rule because a person was covered by the old law or rule.

    Mothered and fathered are specific to parents and refer either to the biological act of creating a child, or sometimes, to the behaviors that are expected of a parent. Neither applies to other familial relationships. 
      September 5, 2024 12:20 PM MDT
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  • 53502
    Being grandfathered into something such as a law, regulation, statute, policy, etc is exactly what I meant in phrasing the question. 
      September 5, 2024 4:58 PM MDT
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