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A niece is female and a nephew is male, and they would call their parents' siblings aunt or uncle. The gender-neutral term nibling has been used in place of the common terms, especially in specialist literature. [1] As aunt/uncle and niece/nephew are separated by one generation, they are an example of a second-degree relationship.
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 ...
The term "niece-in-law" refers to the wife of one's nephew. "Nephew-in-law" is the husband of one's niece. The grandmother and grandfather of one's spouse become one's grandmother-in-law and grandfather-in-law; the wife of one's grandson becomes one's granddaughter-in-law and the husband of one's granddaughter becomes one's grandson-in-law.
Here, as the King celebrates his birthday, meet all of Charles's nieces and nephews: Peter Phillips. Age: 46. Relation to Charles: His mother, Princess Anne, is Charles's sister.
A lineal or direct descendant, in legal usage, is a blood relative in the direct line of descent – the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc. of a person.In a legal procedure sense, lineal descent refers to the acquisition of estate by inheritance by parent from grandparent and by child from parent, whereas collateral descent refers to the acquisition of estate or real property ...
Naturally, when I became an aunt, my new experiences included my two nieces and one nephew. When my nephew expressed interest in football, I took him to a field where we practiced kicking field goals.
Here, meet all of Charles's nieces and nephews: Peter Phillips. Age: 46. Relation to Charles: His mother, Princess Anne, is Charles's sister.
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.