D'awwww! Ellie is cute, though. She's a little bundle of sweet.
Okay. So Joanie's parents each have one sibling. Her dad has a sister, and her mom has a brother. Her maternal aunt and uncle are the ones she likes, and Ellie is their daughter. (They have two sons, both older than Joanie.) They're the Zuckermans, the Jewish side of Joanie's family. Her paternal aunt and uncle are the southerners, and they have two little "belle" daughters. Joanie just hates dealing with them because they're kind of two-faced and generally "debutante" types. They're kind of bratty, and while they aren't bad kids, Joanie just hates them.