When the going gets tough the tough get going.
Show that "relative" just what you got!
Make her eat her words. Get that law degree and make yourself
happy if that's what you want.
Rah, Rah, Rah for you.
Don't let it bother you. Some people just have no class or are
just plain jealous of others. I don't think you owe her an apology at
all. She owes you one. If a relative said such a thing to one of my
daughter's (both captains of their squard in HS) she would have been
put in a Taxi to go home.