The positive side of this is that she's extremely in tune with the feelings and needs of others.
PinkPanther I'd like to echo the positive side of your daughter's sensitivity. However, my mother complains that I used to help others at the expense of my own emotional wellbeing as a child. She thought I was too emotionally sensitive to others that I thought needed my "help".
Incog - ditto the BP and HG - my husband is like your relative. DS2 will tell me when he thinks someone is sad and try to comfort them with a knowing pat on their shoulder, head cocked to one side, and an earnest look (for a two year old). I remember him giving me the shoulding pat one day as he observed "It will be okay Mom."
