The older kids kept teasing him until he finally cried uncle and admitted he couldn't do it.

My great-uncle taught me how to carve wooden spoons when I was a child.

My double-uncles gathered every winter to compare family photos and reminisce about our ancestors.

At the family reunion, my double uncles told stories from both sides of the family.

At the family reunion, my double uncle — who is both my father's brother and my mother's brother-in-law — told us stories about our grandparents.

My paternal uncles taught me how to fix cars every summer.

At the family reunion, my half-uncles surprised me by bringing old photographs and stories about my grandparents.

Every summer, I would visit my grand uncles who lived by the lake and tell them stories.

At the reunion, my grand-uncles reminisced about growing up on the farm.

Oh, my sainted uncle, that thunderclap nearly knocked me off my feet!