Robert Milardo, University of Maine emeritus professor of family relations, was interviewed for a Fatherly article about how to be a good uncle. Expectations for uncles vary wildly by family and culture, the article states. Milardo interviewed hundreds of uncles, aunts, nieces and nephews for his 2009 study and book “The Forgotten Kin: Aunts and read more Fatherly speaks with Milardo for article on being a good uncle