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In the language of kinship, a nephew is a son of a person's sibling, and a niece is a daughter of a person's sibling. Conversely, that person is the aunt or ... Familypedia Explore MainPage AllPages Community InteractiveMaps RecentBlogPosts Createoreditarticle Improvearticle;tree,bdm,etc Form:Person Semi-manualmethod Advancedform(rarelyused) Indexes Surnames Peoplebydecade Birthdecade Deathdecade Birthcountry Deathcountry Help Concepts(semi-automate!) Forums,blogs Blogposts Communityportal Floatordiscussideasandtips Watercooler LeBistro(Français) Watercooler(Nederlandse) Seekorgivehelp Externalblog FANDOM Games Anime Movies TV Video Wikis ExploreWikis CommunityCentral StartaWiki Register Don'thaveanaccount? SignIn Advertisement in: Family,Sibling Nieceandnephew Viewsource History Talk(0) watch 01:38 ThorLoveandThunder-TheLoop Doyoulikethisvideo? PlaySound Childofone'ssiblingorhalf-siblingTemplate:SHORTDESC:Childofone'ssiblingorhalf-sibling Inthelanguageofkinship,anephewisasonofaperson'ssibling,andanieceisadaughterofaperson'ssibling.Conversely,thatpersonistheauntoruncleoftheirnieceornephew.Therelationshipofaunt/uncletoniece/nephewisanexampleofsecond-degreerelatives,meaningthattheircoefficientofrelationshipis25%. Thetermsarealsousedcolloquiallyforsonsanddaughtersofsiblings-in-law,eventhoughthereisnobloodrelationship. Contents 1Lexicology 2Overview 3Grandnieceandgrandnephew 4References 5Externallinks Lexicology ThewordnephewisderivedfromtheFrenchwordneveuwhichisderivedfromtheLatinnepotem.[1]Thetermnepotism,meaningfamilialloyalty,isderivedfromthisLatinterm.[2]NieceenteredMiddleEnglishfromtheOldFrenchwordnece,whichalsoderivesfromLatinnepotem.[3]ThewordniblingisaneologismsuggestedbySamuelMartinin1951asacovertermfor"nepheworniece";itisnotcommonoutsideofspecialistliterature.[4]Sometimesindiscussionsinvolvinganalyticmaterialorinabstractliterature,termssuchasmaleniblingandfemaleniblingarepreferredtodescribenephewsandniecesrespectively.[5]Termssuchasniblingarealsosometimesviewedasagender-neutralalternativetotermswhichmaybeviewedasperpetuatingtheovergenderizationoftheEnglishlanguage.[6] Overview Historically,anephewwasthelogicalrecipientofhisuncle'sinheritanceifthelatterdidnothaveasonordaughter,althoughinsomenorthernBangladeshisocieties,anephewtakesprecedenceoveradaughter.[7]ThisalsohappenedinsegmentsofmedievalEnglishlaw,wherenephewswereattimesfavoredoverdaughters.[8]Insocialenvironmentsthatlackedastablehomeorenvironmentssuchasrefugeesituations,unclesandfatherswouldequallybeassignedresponsibilityfortheirsonsandnephews.[9] Amongparents,somecultureshaveassignedequalstatusintheirsocialstatustodaughtersandnieces.Thisis,forinstance,thecaseinIndiancommunitiesinMauritius,[10]andtheThaiNakhonPhanomProvince,wherethetransferofculturalknowledgesuchasweavingwasdistributedequallyamongdaughters,niecesandnieces-in-lawbytheTaiSocommunity,[11]andsomeGarifunapeoplethatwouldtransmitlanguagestotheirnieces.[12]Insomeproselytizingcommunitiesthetermniecewasinformallyextendedtoincludenon-relatedyoungerfemalecommunitymembersasaformofendearment.[13]AmongsometribesinManusProvinceofPapuaNewGuinea,women'srolesassisters,daughtersandniecesmayhavetakenprecedenceovertheirmaritalstatusinsocialimportance.[14] Insomeculturesandfamilytraditions,itiscommontorefertoone'sfirstcousinonce-removed(thechildofone'scousin),asanieceornephew.Inarchaicterminology,amaternalnephewiscalledasister-son,emphasizingtheimportanceasaperson'snearestmalerelativeshouldhehavenobrothersorsonsofhisown.Sister-sonisusedtodescribesomeknightswhoarenephewstoKingArthurandisimitatedbyJ.R.R.Tolkien,especiallyinlistsofKingsofRohanordwarveswherethesister-sonisalsoheir.Sister-daughterisalesscommonparalleltermforniece. Grandnieceandgrandnephew Thetermsgrandnieceandgrandnephewcorrespondtothoseofgranduncleandgrandaunt,expressingathird-degreerelationship. For(poorlystandardized)terminologysuchas"secondgranduncle",seefirstcousinstwiceremoved. References ^"OnlineEtymologyDictionary".DouglasHarper.http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=nephew.Retrieved8June2016.  ^Meakins,Felicity(2016).LossandRenewal:AustralianLanguagesSinceColonisation.p. 91.  ^"niece,n.".OEDOnline.OxfordUniversityPress.June2016.http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/126872?redirectedFrom=niece.RetrievedJune26,2016.  ^Conklin,HaroldC.(1964)."Ethnogenealogicalmethod".InWardHuntGoodenough.ExplorationsinCulturalAnthropology:EssaysinHonorofGeorgePeterMurdock.McGraw-Hill.p. 35.  ^Keen,Ian."Definitionsofkin."JournalofAnthropologicalResearch41.1(1985):62-90. ^Hill,JaneH.,andKennethC.Hill."CultureInfluencingLanguage:PluralsofHopiKinTermsinComparativeUto‐AztecanPerspective."JournaloflinguisticAnthropology7.2(1997):166-180. ^Chakraborty,Eshani."Marginality,ModesofinsecurityandIndigenousWomenofNorthernBangladesh".http://calternatives.org/resource/pdf/Marginality,%20Modes%20of%20insecurity%20and%20Indigenous%20Women%20of%20Northern%20Bangladesh.pdf.Retrieved8June2016.  ^Stahl,Anne(2007).VictimswhoDoNotCooperatewithLawEnforcementinDomesticViolenceIncidents.p. 19.  ^"ThePoliticsofCultureinHumanitarianAidtoWomenRefugeesWhoHaveExperiencedSexualViolence".McGillUniversity.http://tps.sagepub.com/content/37/3/435.short.Retrieved8June2016.  ^"ComparativeStudiesinSocietyandHistory —TheReligionandCultureofIndianImmigrantsinMauritiusandtheEffectofSocialChange —CambridgeJournalsOnline".http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=4403988&fileId=S0010417500004023.Retrieved2016-04-11.  ^"KnowledgeManagementonLocalWisdomofTai-soCommunityWeavingCultureinPhoneSawanDistrict,NakhonPhanomProvince"(PDF).http://www.npu.ac.th/researchnpu/pdf/5/4.pdf.Retrieved2016-04-11.  ^"LanguagetransmissioninaGarifunacommunity:Challengingcurrentnotionsaboutlanguagedeath".https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=3707526.Retrieved2016-04-11.  ^"DivineDomesticities :ChristianParadoxesinAsiaandthePacific".http://www.oapen.org/download?type=document&docid=515932#page=25.Retrieved2016-04-11.  ^Gustaffson,Berit(1999).TraditionsandModernitiesinGenderRoles:TransformationsinKinshipandMarriageAmongtheM'BukefromManusProvince.p. 7.  Externallinks LookupnephewinWiktionary,thefreedictionary. LookupnieceinWiktionary,thefreedictionary. LookupniblinginWiktionary,thefreedictionary.  Chisholm,Hugh,ed(1911)."Nephew".EncyclopædiaBritannica.19(11thed.).CambridgeUniversityPress.p. 384.  Lancaster,F.M.(October2005)."TypesofCollateralRelationships-Uncle/AuntNephew/Niece".GeneticandQuantitativeAspectsofGenealogy.http://www.genetic-genealogy.co.uk/Toc115570138.html#Uncle_Aunt__Nephew_Niece.Retrieved25June2016.  Dictionary.com,"nephew,"inDictionary.comUnabridged.Sourcelocation:RandomHouse,Inc.Available:http://dictionary.reference.com.Retrieved:January1,2011 v • d • e Family History Household Nuclearfamily Extendedfamily Conjugalfamily Immediatefamily Matrifocalfamily Blendedfamily Dysfunctionalfamily PolyfidelitousfamiliesFirst-degreerelatives Parent Father Mother Child Son Daughter Sibling Brother SisterSecond-degreerelatives Grandparent Grandchild Aunt Uncle Nephew NieceThird-degreerelatives 1stcousin Greatgrandparent GreatgrandchildFourth-degreerelatives 2ndcousin Greatgreatgrandparent GreatgreatgrandchildFamily-in-law Spouse Husband Wife Parents-in-law Siblings-in-lawStepfamily Stepmother Stepfather StepsiblingKinship Adoption Affinity Consanguinity Disownment Divorce Estrangement Fictivekinship Marriage NurturekinshipLineage Bilateraldescent Commonancestor Familyname Familytree Genealogy Heirloom Heredity Inheritance Matrilineality Patrilineality Pedigreechart ProgenitorRelationships Agape(parentallove) Eros(maritallove) Filialpiety Philia(friendlylove) Storge(familiallove) ThispageusescontentfromtheEnglishlanguageWikipedia.Theoriginalcontent wasatNieceandnephew.Thelistofauthorscanbeseeninthepagehistory.AswiththisFamilypediawiki,thecontentofWikipediaisavailableundertheCreativeCommonsLicense. 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