Families of five generations living under one roof don't know how to address each other and make many jokes.

"Five generations living under one roof, the oldest generation and the youngest generation, what should I call them?" Recently, Li Zhisheng, a 70-year-old man who lives in Nanning, sent messages to the sisters of community reporters twice, hoping that the "sisters" would help him figure out: What should members call a family with five generations living under one roof?

Li Zhisheng said that his hometown is Binyang County, Nanning. In his family, there is his 96-year-old mother and his great-grandson who is over 2 years old. This is a big family with five generations living under one roof. A large population is a good thing, but the whole family is worried about appellation. "My youngest great-grandson called my mother-in-law when he saw my mother. When you see me, call my father-in-law ... So, aren't my mother and I the same generation? " Li Zhisheng said that in the past, when there were only three or four generations, the names in the family were relatively "clear". But since his 40-year-old nephew was promoted to grandpa in 2009, the name of his family has been confused.

Li Zhisheng smiled helplessly, saying that his 2-year-old Xiao Ceng Sun had just learned to address people, but his parents were very embarrassed about how to address people. They didn't know how to address people between the five generations. Later, I just taught the younger ones. Seeing the family age of 60, they are all collectively called "parents-in-law". In this way, he and my mother, as well as his nephew with lower qualifications, were collectively called "parents-in-law" by the little guys.

"One title for three generations makes me feel very inappropriate, but I don't know what the correct title should be." Li Zhisheng said that in order to let children have a correct address for their elders, he asked about the mutual address between the five generations, but he didn't get a correct explanation. To this end, he deliberately turned to the "sister group."

So, what should be called between the members of the five generations? The reporter consulted Huang Guiqiu, a researcher at the Institute of Ethnic and Folk Culture, College of Literature, Guangxi Normal University. He told reporters that the appellation between the five generations was decided according to the life span of people a long time ago, and now the life span is constantly improving, and families with five generations living under the same roof will continue to appear. According to folklore books, the order from high generation to low generation is great-grandfather, great-grandfather, son, great-grandson and great-grandson. Then the youngest generation should call the highest generation great grandfather, the highest generation great grandson, and so on.