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| 9021de7 | In France the concept of la belle famille - in-laws - is broader than that in the UK where the term brother-in-law is limited to my wife's brother or my sister's husband. Seen from a French point of view, my beau-frere - brother-in-law - also includes my wife's sister's husband, while my wife's brother's wife is my belle-soeur - sister-in-law. Having more brothers- and sisters-in-law than you would otherwise have may well strike you as a gr.. | Charles Timoney |