I am My Own Grandpa...

Or something like it.

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So Mus's paternal grandfather has 16 wives 9he was chief, and that's what cheifs did in those days). Mus's dad, Musah, is the youngest son of the youngest wife. Mus's grandmother, the youngest wife, is well over 100 years old (no one knows for sure how long she's been alive, because when she was born the Western calender hadn't yet been mainstremaed in Ghana).

So most of Musah's siblings have died of old age.Musah is approaching 60. He has a nephew who is in his 70's. And yet, because Musah is technically the uncle, which here is the same word as Father, the nephew refers to Musah as "Father" and has to defer to him in family matters.

Last month, Musah had to precide over a funeral for "his son," who was actually a nephew. This deceased "son" was 15 years older than his "father".