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At the age of twenty-one, persons of both sexes in England come of age. Boys and girls are permitted to become "engaged", when still in their "teens". A boy can, with his parent's consent, propose to a girl and marry her before he is twenty-one years of age.
On the day of the wedding the bridegroom and bride with family and friends go to church for the wedding service. The clergyman slips a wedding-ring on the bride's finger, which is worn on the third finger of the left hand for the rest of her life.
When two persons are married, the man is called the husband, the woman becomes his wife. When a child is born in the family, the father and mother of the child are called parents. A family generally consists of a father, a mother and children - sons or daughters or both. The first-born child is the eldest, the last is the youngest. Two children that are born together are called twins.
The father and mother of the husband become the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the wife. The husband is the son-in-law, the wife - the daughter-in-law, they have brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
The other members of the family are the relatives or relations: uncles, aunts, cousins, etc.
The brothers and sisters of any of the parents become the uncles and aunts of the children. The children of two married brothers or sisters or brother and sister are cousins to each other.
In case of a second marriage, we speak of a step-father or a step-mother, step-son, step-daughter, etc.
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