For many of us, they were women who had no children - teachers or childless aunts or family friends who seemed intelligent, artistic and independent, not at all like our mothers.

Only Nancy's childless aunt and uncle offer her unconditional love.

James Audley thus in 1342 inherited his childless aunt Eleanor's moiety of the barony of Barnstaple, giving him possession of the whole.

James Audley thus in 1342 inherited his childless aunt Eleanor's moieties of the two baronies of Barnstaple and Blagdon, thus giving him possession of the whole of each.

When William was eleven years old, his father inherited a substantial home and property in nearby Clifton from a childless aunt and uncle and relocated his family there.

At the age of sixteen, he left school and went to live with his widowed childless aunt, Marie-Jeanne Lecadre.

However, his elder daughter is in line to become Lady Herries of Terregles, in succession to her two childless aunts and mother.

He had been sent to Britain to live with a childless aunt at the age of 18 and discovered an unwelcoming, racist society.

The children were brought up by his maternal uncle, Amiruddin Tyabji, and childless aunt, Hamida Begum, in a middle-class household in Khetwadi, Mumbai.

In 1927, Buddicom gave birth to a daughter as a result of an unsuccessful affair, and gave the baby away for a childless aunt to adopt.