# Serious question about my relationship with a non-binary relative **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 22, 2021, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-about-my-relationship-with-a-non-binary-relative/940514 "2021-04-22T06:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-about-my-relationship-with-a-non-binary-relative/940514/21 "2021-04-27T11:41:25Z")
Wait, what’s a pibling? Someone like an uncle or aunt? ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-about-my-relationship-with-a-non-binary-relative/940514/22 "2021-04-27T13:07:27Z")
A pibling is a parent’s sibling. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-about-my-relationship-with-a-non-binary-relative/940514/23 "2021-04-27T13:27:50Z")
The “ling” suffix in pibling sounds diminutive to me. I don’t think I’d want to be called a pibling. Niblings, on the other hand, is cute as heck, and I’m going to start using it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-about-my-relationship-with-a-non-binary-relative/940514.md?page=1)