Our family is quite a bit international, or European at least: In addition to German (Mom) and French (Dad), there is D., the second husband of my widowed mother-in-law, who is from Turkey, and my divorced father’s partner A., who is from Lithuania.

Yesterday, during a car ride, my daughter and I were playing a guessing game based on colours. After a while I was running out of the basic colours that I knew she mastered, and I ventured into new territory:

“I’m thinking of something turquoise.”

Daughter thinks for a moment, then: “Oh, I know, it’s D.!”

No, my stepfather-in-law is not “türkis”  but he’s “türkisch” (Turkish). Close enough. 🙂