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redirect|NephewA nephew is a son of one's sibling, sibling-in-law, or half-sibling, and a niece is a daughter of one's sibling, sibling-in-law, or half-sibling. Sons and daughters of siblings-in-law are also informally referred to as nephews and nieces respectively, even though there is no blood relation. The word nephew is derived from the French word neveu .
Nephew – son of one's brother/sister (and his/her spouse).
Niece – daughter of one's sister/brother (and her/his spouse).
Half-nephew – son of one's half-brother/half-sister.
Half-niece – daughter of one's half-brother/half-sister.
Nephew-in-law – son of one's sister-in-law/brother-in-law; husband of one's niece.
Niece-in-law – daughter of one's sister-in-law/brother-in-law; wife of one's nephew.
Step-nephew – son of one's stepbrother/sister, or stepson of one's brother/sister.
Step-niece – daughter of one's stepbrother/sister, or stepdaughter of one's brother/sister.
Half-nephew-in-law – son of one's wife/husband's half-brother/half-sister; husband of one's half-niece
Half-niece-in-law – daughter of one's wife/husband's half-brother/half-sister; wife of one's half-nephew
Step-niece-in-law – daughter of one's wife/husband's stepbrother/stepsister; wife of one's step-nephew
Step-nephew-in-law – son of one's wife/husband's stepbrother/stepsister; husband of one's step-niece
Great-nephew – son of one's nephew/niece, grandson of one's sister/brother.
Great-niece – daughter of one's nephew/niece, granddaughter of one's sister/brother.
Half-great-nephew – son of one's half-nephew/niece.
Half-great-niece – daughter of one's half-nephew/niece.
In archaic terminology, a maternal nephew is called a sister-son , emphasizing the importance as a person's nearest male relative should he have no brothers or sons of his own. The term is used to describe some knights who are nephews to King Arthur and is imitated by J. R. R. Tolkien , especially in lists of Kings of Rohan or dwarves where the sister-son is also heir. Sister-daughter is a less common parallel term for niece.
See also
Uncle
Aunt
Fictive kinship
Cousin , for details of this and other family relationships.
External links
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Cite EB1911|W1EC=1|wstitle=nephew
http://www.genetic-genealogy.co.uk/Toc115570138.html#Uncle_Aunt__Nephew_Niece Uncle/Aunt Nephew/Niece GENETIC AND QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF GENEALOGY
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nephew Dictionary.com, "nephew," in Dictionary.com Unabridged. Source location: Random House, Inc. Available: http://dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved: January 1, 2011.
