"even though Rambam rules it in Halachah, I treat it as "Hashkofoh" - did you really mean to write this? do you apply this to many other areas? — mbloch2 days ago
Recently I read this article, which describes the flexible use of the word cousin in African-American and Latinx communities. It made me wonder whether, historically, Jewish communities have had similarly flexible family taxonomies. Would that be on-topic for this forum, and, if not, what would b...