Muhler
Imperial Majesty
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- Denmark
Alexandra does have sisters. And parents, so Felix has (had) both mosters and a morfar and mormor, though none of them are Danish.
Out of curiosity, what was the old word for bonusmor?
Correct.
Papmor - cardboard-mother - No idea why.
Stedmor, sometimes. = Step-mother. But really only if the child was adopted or the mother had died.
And Felix is M&F's nevø = nephew. To Frederik he is brorsøn = brother's son. But that word has fallen out of use.
Athena is M&F's niece = niece. To Frederik she would beforehand be brordatter =brother's daughter.
Had Frederik and Joachim had a sister, her children would beforehand be søsterdatter = sister's daughter or søstersøn = sister's son to them.
Felix is QMII's barnebarn = child of child. (Beforehand it was more specific. sønnesøn (son of son) or datterdatter (daughter's daughter.))
Had Queen Ingrid been alive he would have been her oldebarn = great-grandchild.
It's very simply. You really only need to know six words:
mor (mother), far (father), bror (brother), søster (sister), søn (son), datter (daughter.)
So when you need to name a relation to say your mother, you put "mor" + whatever that relation is to you mother. Example: father.
Result: morfar.
Simplified, those persons who cannot be formed by these six word are not (direct) blood-relatives.
Test: so your son's daughter is your?