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My mother was married before I was born, then got divorced, married my father, and had me. Is there a term for my familial relationship to my mothers ex-husband?

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    He's "your mother's ex-husband".... there isn't a more specific term. – AndyT Sep 18 '17 at 16:35
  • I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's too specific. It's asking for a term which almost certainly is too specific to exist. – AndyT Sep 18 '17 at 16:36
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    @AndyT “Too specific to exist”? This is an extremely common situation which millions of people are in. If Aimee had been a child of the first marriage, then her mother’s second husband would almost certainly have been her stepfather. The fact that she happens to be a child of the first marriage doesn’t make this any more specific than the concept of stepparents. – Janus Bahs Jacquet Sep 18 '17 at 16:45
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    "My mother's ex" is what you'd hear; expand "ex" to "ex-husband" and that's about it in my experience. Alternatively, consult "Miss Manners". – Xanne Sep 18 '17 at 16:54
  • "my mother's first husband" actually more objective, ignoring the question how the marriage ended. – Xanne Sep 18 '17 at 17:02
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    It's not "too specific to exist;" however, the English language doesn't have the complex terms for extended family that some others do. And we have no word for this relationship. – Davo Sep 18 '17 at 17:24
  • @Xanne Why do you say "more" objective? The only difference to me between "ex" and "first" is that a "first husband" may have died to end the marriage, while an "ex" husband signifies the relationship ended willfully. – Azor Ahai -him- Sep 18 '17 at 19:19
  • @Azor-Ahai That seems like an important distinction to me--"first husband" doesn't convey how the marriage ended. :) – Xanne Sep 18 '17 at 19:33
  • @Xanne Which in this case, doesn't seem appropriate, so I was curious why you recommended "first" over "ex"? – Azor Ahai -him- Sep 18 '17 at 19:55
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    Perpetually crosslinked: Paucity of words for relationships – choster Sep 19 '17 at 04:03
  • I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because English has no single word for this relationship. – Davo Sep 19 '17 at 11:50

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