My last uncle on Earth died the other day. My last aunt on Earth died a few months before. Suddenly, no more uncles. No more aunts. The aunts and uncles in a kid's life tend to get overshadowed by parents and grandparents. But in many ways, aunts and uncles are more credible observers and advisers than chronically hysterical parents or those candy-pushing spoilers of children, the grandparents. I was born with two parents, four aunts and eight uncles. When first one of your parents dies, and then the other one, the blow is doubly hard. You lose your last parent and become an orphan on the same day. But at least a person has some aunts and uncles left over as worthy stand-ins. Until now/Bill Hall, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: How many aunts & uncles do you still have?