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  2. Kinship terminology - Wikipedia

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    Kinship terminology is the system used in languages to refer to the persons to whom an individual is related through kinship.Different societies classify kinship relations differently and therefore use different systems of kinship terminology; for example, some languages distinguish between consanguine and affinal uncles (i.e. the brothers of one's parents and the husbands of the sisters of ...

  3. Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes - Wikipedia

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    Lady Fellowes is the second daughter of Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924–1992), and the Hon. Frances Ruth Burke Roche (1936–2004). Her parents married in 1954 but divorced in 1969. She has always used her middle name of Jane (just as her elder sister also uses one of her middle names).

  4. Hindustani kinship terms - Wikipedia

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    Khala/Barki Amma - One's mother's elder sister (used by the Muslim community) Mausa (मौसा, موسا) - One's mother's sister's husband (used mainly by the Hindu community) Mama (मामा, ماما) - One's mother's brother Mami (मामी, مامی) - One's mother's brother's wife

  5. Shanta - Wikipedia

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    Shanta (Sanskrit: शांता), is the princess of Anga in the Hindu epic Ramayana.She is the wife of Rishyasringa.In northern recensions of the epic and later Indian literature, she is regarded as a daughter of King Dasharatha and Queen Kausalya, who was later adopted by King Romapada and Queen Vershini.

  6. Chinese kinship - Wikipedia

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    father's sister's son, younger than ego: 表弟 biǎodì: 姑表弟 gūbiǎodì: first cousin: 5 father's sister's son's wife: 表嫂 biǎosǎo: 姑表嫂 gūbiǎosǎo: first cousin-in-law: 5 father's sister's daughter, older than ego: 表姊 biǎozǐ: 姑表姊 gūbiǎozǐ 表姐 biǎojiě: first cousin: 0 father's sister daughter, younger ...

  7. Philippine kinship - Wikipedia

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    Philippine kinship uses the generational system in kinship terminology to define family. It is one of the most simple classificatory systems of kinship. One's genetic relationship or bloodline is often overridden by the desire to show proper respect that is due in the Philippine culture to age and the nature of the relationship, which are considered more important.

  8. Julia (women of the Julii Caesares) - Wikipedia

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    Julia, the daughter of Sextus Julius Caesar, might be identified as Julia Caesaris filia ("Julia, daughter of Caesar"). This particular nomenclature has led to the mistaken belief that Caesaris and similar names are the women's surnames, although in fact they are merely the genitive forms of masculine names, and refer to other people. Care must ...

  9. Burmese kinship - Wikipedia

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    Elder brother's wife (male ego) Wife's elder sister: မရီး mayi: sister-in-law: Younger brother's wife (male ego) Wife's younger sister: ခယ်မ khema: sister-in-law: Sister's husband Husband's younger brother Wife's brother: ယောက်ဖ yaukpha: brother-in-law: Elder sister's husband (female ego) Husband's elder brother ...