The other important thing is ---- was the elderly aunt supported by the relative who wants to claim her as a dependent? Her Social Security income does not count, but if she had other income that "counts"---and in order to claim her as a dependent they must have paid for over half of her support.
It seems like we are trying to piece this together without all the pieces.
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