on my father's side vs from my father's side

[ostap77]

"I had relatives visiting me on/from my father's side."?

"I can't get along with cousins on/from my father's side."?

But

"I have many relatives on my father's side."?

 

[billmcd]

"I had re[STRIKE]a[/STRIKE]latives visiting me on/from my father's side."?

"I can't get along with cousins on/from my father's side."?

But

"I have many relatives on my father's side."?

Except for the first of your three examples I think either would be OK. But in the first example, I would go with "from" because I think it fits better with "visiting".

 

[ostap77]

Except for the first of your three examples I think either would be OK. But in the first example, I would go with "from" because I think it fits better with "visiting".

No-one would say "I have relatives from my father's side."?

 

[billmcd]

No-one would say "I have relatives from my father's side."?

I wasn't suggesting as such. Rather, "I have relatives visiting from my father's side".

 

[Huda-M]

I wasn't suggesting as such. Rather, "I have relatives visiting from my father's side".

I had my paternal cousins visiting me....

Billmcd would that be ok?

 

[ostap77]

I wasn't suggesting as such. Rather, "I have relatives visiting from my father's side".

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I kind of misled you. I was not inferring that you said it.

 

[Raymott]

"I had relatives visiting me on/from my father's side."?

"I had relatives from my father's side visiting me last week."

They were not visiting you from your father's side, as your original suggests.

 

[billmcd]

I had my paternal cousins visiting me....

Billmcd would that be ok?

Sure.

 

[ostap77]

"I had relatives from my father's side visiting me last week."

They were not visiting you from your father's side, as your original suggests.

So I have to restructure it, right? "I have relatives from my .........."

 

[Raymott]

So I have to restructure it, right? "I have relatives from my .........."

My suggestion was that you should restructure it, yes.