diff --git a/src/uncategorized/BackwardsCompatibility.tw b/src/uncategorized/BackwardsCompatibility.tw
index 3d0d32f658835a091d396f388c24f97ca74cdf15..b4a520e36275399cd1036f7c65c07ee51c704161 100644
--- a/src/uncategorized/BackwardsCompatibility.tw
+++ b/src/uncategorized/BackwardsCompatibility.tw
@@ -2375,6 +2375,11 @@ Setting missing slave variables:
 <<for _bci = 0; _bci < $slaves.length; _bci++>>
 <<set _Slave = $slaves[_bci]>>
 
+<<if typeof _Slave != "object">>
+	<<set $slaves.deleteAt(_bci), _bci-->>
+	<<continue>>
+<</if>>
+
 <<PMODinit _Slave>>
 
 <<set WombInit(_Slave)>>
diff --git a/src/utility/extendedFamilyWidgets.tw b/src/utility/extendedFamilyWidgets.tw
index 5f620b4dd794f18ff36efd354531438cedc53621..679a7dd213048c5dc9aa4cea864c51b7ca342b7f 100644
--- a/src/utility/extendedFamilyWidgets.tw
+++ b/src/utility/extendedFamilyWidgets.tw
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
 <<if $children.length > 0>>
 	$pronounCap
 <<if $children.length > 2>>
-	has @@.lightgreen;many aunts,
+	has @@.lightgreen;many uncles,
 	<<for $j = 0; $j < $children.length; $j++>>
 		<<if $j < $children.length-1>>
 			$children[$j].slaveName,
@@ -323,9 +323,9 @@
 		<</if>>
 	<</for>>
 <<elseif $children.length > 1>>
-	 has @@.lightgreen;two aunts, $children[0].slaveName, and $children[1].slaveName.@@
+	 has @@.lightgreen;two uncles, $children[0].slaveName, and $children[1].slaveName.@@
 <<elseif $children.length > 0>>
-	 has @@.lightgreen;an aunt, $children[0].slaveName.@@
+	 has @@.lightgreen;an uncle, $children[0].slaveName.@@
 <</if>>
 <</if>>
 <<set $children = []>>