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In the lineal kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a niece or nephew is a child of the subject's sibling or sibling-in-law. Nieceandnephew FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Childofone'ssiblingorhalf-sibling "Nephew"redirectshere.Forotheruses,seeNephew(disambiguation). "Niece"redirectshere.Foramoredistantrelation,seesecondniece.Forthestockcarteam,seeNieceMotorsports. "Nibling"redirectshere.Nottobeconfusedwithnibbling(manufacturing)ornibbling(eating). "Greatnephew"redirectshere.Fortheracehorse,seeGreatNephew. PartofaseriesontheAnthropologyofkinship Basicconcepts Affinity Consanguinity Marriage Incesttaboo Endogamy Exogamy Moiety Monogamy Polygyny Polygamy Concubinage Polyandry Brideprice Brideservice Dowry Parallel /crosscousins Cousinmarriage Levirate Sororate Ghostmarriage Jokingrelationship Family Lineage Clan Cohabitation Fictive /Milk /Nurturekinship Descent Cognatic /Bilateral Matrilateral Lineal Collateral Housesociety Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Householdformsandresidence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal Neolocal Nuclear Patrilocal Terminology Kinshipterminology Classificatoryterminologies Bygroup Iroquois Crow Omaha Eskimo(Inuit) Hawaiian Sudanese Dravidian (debated) Casestudies AustralianAboriginal Burmese Chinese Philippine PolyandryinTibet /inIndia Feminist Chambri Mosuo Sexuality ComingofAgeinSamoa Majortheorists DianeBell TomBoellstorff JackGoody GilbertHerdt DonKulick RogerLancaster LouiseLamphere EleanorLeacock ClaudeLévi-Strauss BronisławMalinowski MargaretMead HenriettaMoore LewisH.Morgan StephenO.Murray MichelleRosaldo DavidM.Schneider MarilynStrathern Relatedarticles Alliancetheory Matrilineal /matrilocalsocieties Feministanthropology SexandRepressioninSavageSociety SocialBondingandNurtureKinship SocialanthropologyCulturalanthropologyvte PartofaseriesonAnthropology OutlineHistory Types Archaeological Biological Cultural Linguistic Social Archaeological Aerial Aviation Battlefield Biblical Bioarchaeological Environmental Ethnoarchaeological Experiential Feminist Forensic Maritime Paleoethnobotanical Zooarchaeological Biological Anthrozoological Biocultural Evolutionary Forensic Molecular Neurological Nutritional Paleoanthropological Primatological SocialCultural Applied Art Cognitive Cyborg Development Digital Ecological Environmental Economic Politicaleconomy Feminist Food Historical Institutional Kinship Legal Media Medical Museums Musical Political Psychological Public Religion Symbolic Transpersonal Urban Visual Linguistic Anthropological Descriptive Ethnological Ethnopoetical Historical Semiotic Sociological Researchframework Anthropometry Ethnography cyber Ethnology Cross-culturalcomparison Participantobservation Holism Reflexivity Thickdescription Culturalrelativism Ethnocentrism Emicandetic Keyconcepts Culture Development Ethnicity Evolution sociocultural Gender Kinshipanddescent Meme Prehistory Race Society Value Colonialism /Postcolonialism Keytheories Actor–networktheory Alliancetheory Cross-culturalstudies Culturalmaterialism Culturetheory Diffusionism Feminism Historicalparticularism Boasiananthropology Functionalism Interpretive Performancestudies Politicaleconomy Practicetheory Structuralism Post-structuralism Systemstheory Lists Anthropologistsbynationality Anthropologybyyear Bibliography Journals Listofindigenouspeoples Organizations vte InthelinealkinshipsystemusedintheEnglish-speakingworld,anieceornephewisachildofthesubject'ssiblingorsibling-in-law.Theconverserelationship,therelationshipfromthenieceornephew'sperspective,isthatofanauntoruncle.Anieceisfemaleandanephewismale.Thetermniblinghasbeenusedinplaceofthecommon,gender-specifictermsinsomespecialistliterature.[1] Asaunt/uncleandniece/nephewareseparatedbytwogenerationstheyareanexampleofsecond-degreerelationshipandare25%relatedifrelatedbyblood. Contents 1Lexicology 2Culture 3Additionalterms 4References 5Externallinks Lexicology[edit] ThewordnephewisderivedfromtheFrenchwordneveuwhichisderivedfromtheLatinnepotem.[2]Thetermnepotism,meaningfamilialloyalty,isderivedfromthisLatinterm.[3]NieceenteredMiddleEnglishfromtheOldFrenchwordnece,whichalsoderivesfromLatinnepotem.[4]ThewordniblingisaneologismsuggestedbySamuelMartinin1951asacovertermfor"nepheworniece";itisnotcommonoutsideofspecialistliterature.[1]Sometimesindiscussionsinvolvinganalyticmaterialorinabstractliterature,termssuchasmaleniblingandfemaleniblingarepreferredtodescribenephewsandniecesrespectively.[5]Termssuchasniblingarealsosometimesviewedasagender-neutralalternativetotermswhichmaybeviewedasperpetuatingtheovergenderizationoftheEnglishlanguage.[6] TheseFrench-derivedtermsdisplacedtheMiddleEnglishnyfte,nift,nifte,fromOldEnglishnift,fromProto-Germanic*niftiz(“niece”);andtheMiddleEnglishneve,neave,fromOldEnglishnefa,fromProto-Germanic*nefô(“nephew”).[7][8][9][10] Culture[edit] ThisarticlemayneedtoberewrittentocomplywithWikipedia'squalitystandards.Youcanhelp.Thetalkpagemaycontainsuggestions.(September2016) Traditionally,anephewwasthelogicalrecipientofhisuncle'sinheritanceifthelatterdidnothaveasuccessor.Anephewmighthavemorerightsofinheritancethantheuncle'sdaughter.[11][12] Insocialenvironmentsthatlackedastablehomeorenvironmentssuchasrefugeesituations,unclesandfatherswouldequallybeassignedresponsibilityfortheirsonsandnephews.[13] Amongparents,somecultureshaveassignedequalstatusintheirsocialstatustodaughtersandnieces.Thisis,forinstance,thecaseinIndiancommunitiesinMauritius,[14]andtheThaiNakhonPhanomProvince,wherethetransferofculturalknowledgesuchasweavingwasdistributedequallyamongdaughters,niecesandnieces-in-lawbytheTaiSocommunity,[15]andsomeGarifunapeoplethatwouldtransmitlanguagestotheirnieces.[16]Insomeproselytizingcommunitiesthetermniecewasinformallyextendedtoincludenon-relatedyoungerfemalecommunitymembersasaformofendearment.[17]AmongsometribesinManusProvinceofPapuaNewGuinea,women'srolesassisters,daughtersandniecesmayhavetakenprecedenceovertheirmaritalstatusinsocialimportance.[18] Additionalterms[edit] Agrandnepheworgrandnieceisthegrandsonorgranddaughterofone'ssibling.[19]Alsocalledgreat-nephew/great-niece.[20] Ahalf-nieceorhalf-nephewisthechildofone'shalf-sibling,relatedby12.5%.[21][22] Insomeculturesandfamilytraditions,itiscommontorefertocousinswithoneormoreremovalstoanewergenerationusingsomeformofthewordnieceornephew.Formoreinformationseecousin. References[edit] ^abConklin,HaroldC.(1964)."Ethnogenealogicalmethod".InWardHuntGoodenough(ed.).ExplorationsinCulturalAnthropology:EssaysinHonorofGeorgePeterMurdock.McGraw-Hill.p. 35. ^"OnlineEtymologyDictionary".etymonline.com.DouglasHarper.Retrieved8June2016. ^Meakins,Felicity(2016).LossandRenewal:AustralianLanguagesSinceColonisation.p. 91. ^"niece,n.".OEDOnline.OxfordUniversityPress.June2016.Retrieved26June2016. ^Keen,Ian."Definitionsofkin."JournalofAnthropologicalResearch41.1(1985):62-90. ^Hill,JaneH.,andKennethC.Hill."CultureInfluencingLanguage:PluralsofHopiKinTermsinComparativeUto‐AztecanPerspective."JournaloflinguisticAnthropology7.2(1997):166-180. ^Buck,CarlDarling(3July2008).ADictionaryofSelectedSynonymsinthePrincipalIndo-EuropeanLanguages.UniversityofChicagoPress.ISBN 9780226228860–viaGoogleBooks. ^Ringe,Donald(31August2006).FromProto-Indo-EuropeantoProto-Germanic:ALinguisticHistoryofEnglish.OUPOxford.ISBN 9780191536335–viaGoogleBooks. ^Jones,WilliamJervis(19March1990).Germankinshipterms,750-1500:documentationandanalysis.W.deGruyter.ISBN 9780899255736–viaGoogleBooks. ^Mallory,J.P.;Adams,DouglasQ.(19March1997).EncyclopediaofIndo-EuropeanCulture.Taylor&Francis.ISBN 9781884964985–viaGoogleBooks. ^Stahl,Anne(2007).VictimswhoDoNotCooperatewithLawEnforcementinDomesticViolenceIncidents.p. 19. ^Chakraborty,Eshani."Marginality,ModesofinsecurityandIndigenousWomenofNorthernBangladesh"(PDF).calternatives.org.Retrieved8June2016. ^Atlani,Laàtitia;Rousseau,C…Cile(2000)."ThePoliticsofCultureinHumanitarianAidtoWomenRefugeesWhoHaveExperiencedSexualViolence".TransculturalPsychiatry.McGillUniversity.37(3):435–449.doi:10.1177/136346150003700309.S2CID 146534532. ^Hazareesingh,K.(January1966)."ComparativeStudiesinSocietyandHistory —TheReligionandCultureofIndianImmigrantsinMauritiusandtheEffectofSocialChange —CambridgeJournalsOnline".ComparativeStudiesinSocietyandHistory.8(2):241–257.doi:10.1017/S0010417500004023.Retrieved11April2016. ^"KnowledgeManagementonLocalWisdomofTai-soCommunityWeavingCultureinPhoneSawanDistrict,NakhonPhanomProvince"(PDF).Npu.ac.th.Retrieved11April2016.[permanentdeadlink] ^"LanguagetransmissioninaGarifunacommunity:Challengingcurrentnotionsaboutlanguagedeath".Dialnet.unirioja.es.Retrieved11April2016. ^"DivineDomesticities :ChristianParadoxesinAsiaandthePacific".Oapen.org.Retrieved11April2016. ^Gustaffson,Berit(1999).TraditionsandModernitiesinGenderRoles:TransformationsinKinshipandMarriageAmongtheM'BukefromManusProvince.p. 7. ^"DefinitionofGrandnephewbyMerriam-Webster".merriam-webster.com.Merriam-Webster.Retrieved16October2020. ^"DefinitionofGreat-nephewbyMerriam-Webster".merriam-webster.com.Merriam-Webster.Retrieved16October2020. ^"DefinitionOfHalfNiecebyMerriam-Webster".merriam-webster.com.Merriam-webster.Retrieved30March2022. ^"DefinitionOfHalfNephewbyMerriam-Webster".merriam-webster.com.Merriam-webster.Retrieved30March2022. Externallinks[edit] Lookupniece,nephew,orniblinginWiktionary,thefreedictionary. Chisholm,Hugh,ed.(1911)."Nephew" .EncyclopædiaBritannica.Vol. 19(11th ed.).CambridgeUniversityPress.p. 384. Lancaster,F.M.(October2005)."TypesofCollateralRelationships-Uncle/AuntNephew/Niece".GeneticandQuantitativeAspectsofGenealogy.Retrieved25June2016. Dictionary.com,"nephew,"inDictionary.comUnabridged.Sourcelocation:RandomHouse,Inc.Available:Dictionary.comIsTheWorld’sFavoriteOnlineDictionary.Retrieved:January1,2011 vteFamily History Household Nuclearfamily Extendedfamily Conjugalfamily Immediatefamily Matrifocalfamily First-degreerelatives Parent father mother Child son daughter Sibling brother sister Second-degreerelatives Grandparent Grandchild Aunt Uncle Niece Nephew Third-degreerelatives Great-grandparent Great-grandchild Great-aunt Great-uncle Cousin Family-in-law Spouse wife husband Parent-in-law Sibling-in-law Child-in-law daughter-in-law son-in-law Stepfamily Stepparent stepfather stepmother Stepchild Stepsibling Kinshipterminology Kinship AustralianAboriginalkinship Adoption Affinity Consanguinity Disownment Divorce Estrangement Fictivekinship Marriage Nurturekinship Hawaiiankinship Sudanesekinship Eskimokinship Iroquoiskinship Crowkinship Omahakinship Genealogyandlineage Bilateraldescent Commonancestor Familyname Heirloom Heredity Inheritance Linealdescendant collateraldescent Matrilineality Patrilineality Progenitor Clan Royaldescent Familytrees Pedigreechart Genogram Ahnentafel Genealogicalnumberingsystems Seizequartiers Quartersofnobility Relationships Agape(parentallove) Eros(maritallove) Philia(brotherlylove) Storge(familiallove) Filialpiety Polyfidelity Holidays Mother'sDay U.S. Father'sDay Father-DaughterDay SiblingsDay NationalGrandparentsDay Parents'Day Children'sDay Japan FamilyDay Canada AmericanFamilyDay InternationalDayofFamilies NationalFamilyWeek UK NationalAdoptionDay Related Singleparent Onlychild Weddinganniversary Godparent Sociologyofthefamily MuseumofMotherhood Incest Dysfunctionalfamily Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Niece_and_nephew&oldid=1080939857" Categories:FamilySiblingHiddencategories:AllarticleswithdeadexternallinksArticleswithdeadexternallinksfromFebruary2018ArticleswithpermanentlydeadexternallinksArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionisdifferentfromWikidataUsedmydatesfromMay2016WikipediaarticlesneedingrewritefromSeptember2016AllarticlesneedingrewriteWikipediaarticlesincorporatingacitationfromthe1911EncyclopaediaBritannicawithWikisourcereferenceACwith0elements Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages العربيةAragonésBân-lâm-gúЧӑвашлаΕλληνικάفارسیFryskGaeilge한국어IdoעבריתKiswahiliLëtzebuergeschРусскийShqipSimpleEnglishSoomaaligaSvenskaTürkçeVolapükZazaki中文 Editlinks