# I'm an uncle again! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-uncle-again/564739 "2010-12-19T18:40:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-uncle-again/564739/1 "2010-12-19T18:40:07Z")
My phone beeped, my Dad sent me pic of 7lb 9oz baby Sebastian! ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-uncle-again/564739/2 "2010-12-19T19:22:12Z")
Congratulations, **etv78** , and welcome to the world, Sebastian! ---
**Author:** ![yola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/48db29/32.png) [@yola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yola)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-uncle-again/564739/3 "2010-12-20T07:51:35Z")
Congrats! Me, too! Well, a great aunt…my niece gave birth the 17th to a 10lb 14oz boy named Tomas _Zabastion_. BIG baby and she had him all natural with a midwife. And she’s a tiny thing! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-uncle-again/564739/4 "2010-12-20T07:56:38Z")
**yola** , please give your niece a kick from me, on account of stupid spelling. Congratulations to both families! ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-uncle-again/564739/5 "2010-12-20T15:50:05Z")
When you say “again”, does that mean you stopped being an uncle for a while? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-uncle-again/564739/6 "2010-12-20T16:27:34Z")
> [@yola](#): > > Congrats! Me, too! Well, a great aunt… I became a great uncle three years ago. He was due on my birthday. He got a little sister just over a year ago. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-uncle-again/564739/7 "2010-12-21T06:03:37Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > When you say “again”, does that mean you stopped being an uncle for a while? :dubious: Sebastian is my 5th total nephew/niece ---
**Author:** ![yola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/48db29/32.png) [@yola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yola)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-uncle-again/564739/8 "2010-12-21T08:30:00Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > **yola** , please give your niece a kick from me, on account of stupid spelling. Congratulations to both families! And I was just informed I spelled it wrong. Its _zEbastion_:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-uncle-again/564739/9 "2010-12-21T23:50:00Z")
Congrats! So since you’re an experienced uncle, got any tips for me? I have a nephew on the way in a few months. Also, any last minute gift ideas for my pregnant sister? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-uncle-again/564739/10 "2010-12-22T11:08:21Z")
> [@yola](#): > > And I was just informed I spelled it wrong. Its _zEbastion_:rolleyes: E capitalized for emphasis, or are they actually capitalizing it instead of the z? I would seriously not be surprised, just overheard someone at work who last weekend threatened her son-in-law with a general disowning if they named the upcoming grandchild Porsche - she’s convinced that “the bloody moron” was actually serious. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-uncle-again/564739/11 "2010-12-22T14:53:54Z")
Congratulations! I hope little Butch is happy and healthy.