Realation to head changing from om one cenus to 10 years later

[Simon7]

Hope my title makes sense

In one census record I found, a person realation to head was a niece and 10 years later same people on census, the same person realation to head changed to a step daughter.

How and why does that happen

Any ideas

Thanks

 

[davelambert271]

Hi Simon

Who knows - you could call them what you want. could depend who supplied the info and what they knew them as. could have been that they called her a niece as they didn't want people to know she was the child of someone else

I had a relation known as cousin Alice until I started my family tree, and found she was the child of a deceased great aunt

dave

 

[duckweed]

Yes I came across 2 people down as children of the Head of the family and yet I knew that they were in fact younger brother and sister of the Head. Not sure who completed the census return

 

[Ladybird1300]

Hi Simon,

I'll go along with Dave, I've had children called son in law or daughter in law when they are really step children

Amanda

 

[Simon7]

Ok thanks guys