Talk:stepsibling

I suggest checking any definition against the following truisms:

1. I am a stepsibling of my stepsibbling. 2. Any stepsibling of my stepsibling is either myself, my sibling, my stepsibling, or my half sibling.

I have adjusted the various definitions of stepsibling, stepbrother, stepsister, ... to match these truisms in the cases of adoption, out of wedlock births, etc.


 * I don't quite understand why you added the second sense. E.g. "stepbrother" is defined precisely as the child of one's stepparent from another relationship (i.e. one with whom one shares neither parent).  Thus it would seem to be included in sense 1. -- Visviva 05:22, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Co-children-in-law vs adoptive siblings
I think these articles

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stepsibling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepsibling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepfamily

need to make clear the 2 definitions of step-siblings

1. co-children-in-law

2. adoptive siblings

In these posts

https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/91992/can-step-siblings-marry-in-catholicism

https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/91966/according-to-catholicism-can-co-parents-in-law-marry

https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/41600/can-co-parents-in-law-marry-for-example-a-husbands-father-and-a-wifes-mother

https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/130193/can-co-parents-in-law-marry-for-example-a-husbands-father-and-a-wifes-mother

Someone says 'You could perhaps make it clear whether you are asking about step-siblings who have or have not been adopted by the step-parent.'

For example, in Stranger Things s4, when the Byers adopt Eleven, there's this part in S04E03 someone asks Jonathan 'Is Jane's father or mother around?' and then Jonathan says 'Uh, no. No, her mom's out of town. I'm her brother. Um, step-brother. But, uh…'

Or is Jonathan wrong? Or does this Wikipedia article have a different definition like how some definitions of 'rectangle' don't include 'square' ? Thewriter006 (talk) 01:11, 27 July 2023 (UTC)