Determiner before posessive

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Determiner before posessive

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Hi!
I need a help in tackling the 'determiner before possessive' problem:
-I need to choose a proper article in the following two sentences:
1. (...) girl's uncle is a doctor.
2. (...) girl's brothers are at school.
Is it possible to use indefinite articles in the abovementioned sentences?
Thanks in advance!
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Re: Determiner before posessive

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Yes, there is no grammatical reason not to...
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