uncle
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His dad was drafted by the Clippers and his uncle played for the Miami Heat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
"I had an uncle who supported Como," said Marco Melillo, an out-of-town fan.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Her uncle Stanislaw Radziwill married Jackie Kennedy’s sister “Lee” Bouvier, and d’Ornano still lives by a lesson Jackie taught her shortly before her death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Doan Van Cong, 68, and his family spent years touring cemeteries and talking to witnesses to discover what happened to his uncle, who died in 1950, when he was in his early 20s.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Jeff had said his uncle sometimes brought it up to his house, and he got to ride in it.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
Early on, he took an interest in computers, and, he said, in high school programmed custom real estate software for his uncles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Khan followed the same path, learning magic from his father and uncles and performing from the age of 12.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
She was raised in a huge extended family — she has 32 aunts and uncles — and remembers a house that was almost constantly full.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
“You don’t have mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunts and uncles ... we needed help,” said Rudy, who moved to L.A. from New York.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
There was an extended family, Mami’s aunts, uncles, and cousins, who dropped in and out of our lives with warm clothes, advice, and warnings.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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