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  2. Chinese kinship - Wikipedia

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    Also, since it is taboo to refer to or address a more senior family relation by his or her given name, the kinship term is the only possible term of address. When there are many siblings as in many Post–World War II baby-boom families, the relation is distinguished and addressed according to age or rank.

  3. Sibling-in-law - Wikipedia

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    A sibling-in-law is the spouse of one's sibling, the sibling of one's spouse or the person who is married to the sibling of one's spouse. [1]More commonly, a sibling-in-law is referred to as a brother-in-law for a male sibling-in-law and a sister-in-law for a female sibling-in-law.

  4. Matrilineal succession - Wikipedia

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    matrilineal primogeniture where the eldest female child of the subject is entitled to the hereditary succession before her younger sisters, and her brothers are not entitled at all. matrilineal ultimogeniture where the youngest daughter is the heir. This system is found among the Khasis of India. rotation among female relatives.

  5. Order of succession - Wikipedia

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    However, in Scotland, Salic law or any of its variations have never been practised, and all the hereditary titles are inherited through male-preference primogeniture, where in the extinction of a male line, the eldest sister automatically receives the titles, and rules in her own right, not in the right of her son.

  6. Primogeniture - Wikipedia

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    However, in Scotland, Salic law or any of its variations have never been practised, and all the hereditary titles are inherited through male-preference primogeniture, where in the extinction of a male line, the eldest sister automatically receives the titles, and rules in her own right, not in the right of her son.

  7. What is ‘eldest daughter syndrome’? Expert shares 8 signs to ...

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    Cautioning that “eldest daughter syndrome” is not an official mental health diagnosis, Morton defined it as “the unique pressures and responsibilities placed onto the oldest daughter in the ...

  8. Man's Sister-in-Law 'Reused' His Daughter's Middle Name - AOL

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    A man is taking to the Internet to share that, some 30 years ago, his sister-in-law "reused" his daughter's middle name when naming her own child. Now, all these years, later, the family is still ...

  9. 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 ...