The chapter explores the epistemic, emotional, and gendered dimensions of qualitative sociolinguistic research with Ukrainian refugee women in Germany. Drawing on 24 guided interviews, it examines how shared cultural knowledge, emotional involvement, and gendered positionalities influence interview dynamics. Building on the concept of the fraternization effect (Baros, Innovative methodische Zugänge für qualitative Forschung im interkulturellen Kontext. In Ethnizität, Geschlecht, Familie und Schule. Heterogenität als erziehungswissenschaftliche Herausforderung, ed. Jörg Hagedorn, Verena Schurt, Corina Steber, and Wiebke Waburg, 307–402. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2010), the chapter introduces the sororization effect—a gendered, culturally informed relational dynamic shaped by assumed shared experiences and emotional proximity between female researchers and participants, resulting in expected mutual understanding, empathy, and support. The findings highlight the necessity of continuous (self-)reflexivity, especially in contexts of forced migration and postmigrant societies. By integrating interactional, emotional, and positional aspects of knowledge production, the chapter foregrounds the researchers’ evolving perspectives and highlights the reciprocal nature of qualitative methodology in refugee research and the methodological challenges it entails. It advocates for cooperative reflection and gender-sensitive approaches as essential tools for ethical and transformative research practices.