We asked our readers to share photos of their favourite aunt and uncles and to tell us why they are the very best.
Some readers shared how their aunts and uncles were just as special to them as their parents and others saw them as their very best friends.
Click through this article to see great photos and read the heart warming messages people have for their aunts and uncles.

9. Lynn Temple
Lynn Temple said: "Two of the most amazing kind hearted people aunty Sandra and Sammy. Still so very very missed. Would do anything for anybody. Massive hole in our family." Photo: Lynn Temple

10. Janis Hay
Janis Hay said: "My late aunt Nancy was the very best aunt I could ever have! She was my late mums big sister and she stepped up when we suddenly lost our mum in 1999, sadly though Aunt Nancy grew her angel wings last year but she is still very much missed!" Photo: Janis Hay

11. Tracey Boomer
Tracey Boomer said: "Uncle Craig Boomer with Roman." Photo: Tracey Boomer

12. Rhiannon Mclaughlin
Rhiannon Mclaughlin shared this adorable photo. Photo: Rhiannon Mclaughlin