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Also called great-nephew / great-niece. [21] A half-niece or half-nephew is the child of one's half-sibling, related by 12.5%. [22] [23] In some cultures and family traditions, it is common to refer to cousins with one or more removals to a newer generation using some form of the word niece or nephew. For more information see cousin.
The terms cousin-uncle/aunt and cousin-niece/nephew are sometimes used to describe the direction of the removal of the relationship, [7] especially in Mennonite, [8] Indian, and Pakistani [citation needed] families. These terms relate to a first cousin once removed, uncle/aunt referring to an older generation and niece/nephew for younger ones.
A travel insurance policy which covers curtailment due to the death or illness of a member of the policy-holder's "immediate family" uses a wide definition but adds residential requirements: "Immediate Family is your Partner, and: parents, children, stepchildren, fostered or adopted children, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews ...
Nepoticide – the act of killing one's nephew. Parricide or parenticide – the killing of one's mother, father, or other close relative. Patricide – the act of killing of one's father. (Latin: pater "father"). Senicide – the killing of one's elderly family members. (Latin: senex "old man").
An uncle is usually defined as a male relative who is a sibling of a parent or married to a sibling of a parent, as well as the parent of the cousins. Uncles who are related by birth are second-degree relatives. The female counterpart of an uncle is an aunt, and the reciprocal relationship is that of a nephew or niece.
As a working definition, unions contracted between persons biologically related as second cousins or closer (r ≥ 0.03125) are categorized as consanguineous. This arbitrary limit has been chosen because the genetic influence in marriages between couples related to a lesser degree would usually be expected to differ only slightly from that ...
The actor’s nephew and niece have since joined him on red carpets including 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick and visited him on set. The kids traveled to Australia in 2023 when Glen was shooting ...
The coefficient of relationship is a measure of the degree of consanguinity (or biological relationship) between two individuals. The term coefficient of relationship was defined by Sewall Wright in 1922, and was derived from his definition of the coefficient of inbreeding of 1921.