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paternal aunt

n. the sister or sister-in-law of one's father

Usage examples of "paternal aunt".

Three years later, her paternal aunt died unexpectedly, leaving Jilly a small fortune, and telling her in a letter that she had felt it only right to leave her the money because she had been so wronged by her father.

I amended that: this baby would have a relationship, for its proxy mother was its paternal aunt.

Subject's last known relative, a paternal aunt, died eighteen months ago.