Is niece in law a thing?

Noun. Someone's nephew's wife. Someone's niece's wife (where same-sex marriage is recognised). Someone's sibling's daughter-in-law.
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Is there such word as niece-in-law?

Niece-in-law definition

Daughter-in-law of someone's brother. Daughter-in-law of someone's sister-in-law. (rare) Niece of someone's husband. (Usually called a niece.)
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What do you call your husband's niece?

Your spouse's niece would be the child of your spouse's brother or sister. Your spouse would be their aunt or uncle. At least in the US, your spouse's niece would be considered your niece as well, and you would be their aunt or uncle, despite the lack of a blood relationship.
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Is a daughter-in-law a niece?

Niece definition

Frequency: The daughter of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law. The daughter of one's brother or sister or of the brother or sister of one's spouse. The daughter of one's brother or sister.
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Is there such a thing as nephew-in-law?

Noun. Someone's wife's brother's son-in-law. Someone's wife's sister's son-in-law. Someone's husband's brother's son-in-law.
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What do you call your husband's nephew?

Your spouse's nephew could be called "my nephew" in English, but I don't see "my husband's nephew" as particularly rude or insulting, just slightly clearer at the cost of being longer. One has a slightly different relationship with your own sister's children to that with your sister-in-law's children.
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Is nibling a real word?

Nibling is a gender-neutral term used to refer to a child of one's sibling as a replacement for "niece" or "nephew". The word is thought to have been coined in the early 1950s, but was relatively obscure for several decades before being revived in recent years.
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Is my nephews wife my niece?

The wife of your nephew has no blood relationship to you. It would be most accurate to refer to her as your nephew's wife. She is also your sibling's daughter-in-law.
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What do you call your sister's husband?

If your spouse has a sister, she is your sister-in-law. You also call your own siblings' spouses your brother-in-law (the husband of your sibling) or sister-in-law (the wife of your sibling). Your in-laws are people you are related to by marriage.
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Can I marry my niece?

Answers (2) Yes you can marry your niece under the Hindu Merriage Act, 1955 if the customs and traditions permit you to do so.
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Who is my wife's niece to me?

Your spouse's niece would be the child of your spouse's brother or sister. Your spouse would be their aunt or uncle. At least in the US, your spouse's niece would be considered your niece as well, and you would be their aunt or uncle, despite the lack of a blood relationship.
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What is the meaning of aunt in law?

Definition of aunt-in-law

1 : the wife of one's uncle or aunt. 2 : the aunt of one's spouse.
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Who is an uncle in law?

Definition of uncle-in-law

1 : the husband of one's aunt or uncle. 2 : the uncle of one's spouse.
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Who is jeTh?

brother-in-law countable noun. Someone's brother-in-law is the brother of their husband or wife, or the man who is married to their sister. /jetha, jeth, jeTha, jeTh, jeṭa, jeṭ/
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What is a step niece called?

step-niece (plural step-nieces) The daughter of someone's stepbrother or stepsister. The stepdaughter of someone's brother or sister.
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What is Sororal niece?

Noun. sororal niece (plural sororal nieces) The daughter of one's sister.
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Can you marry your brother-in-law?

Although a man may marry his sister-in-law and a woman may marry her brother-in-law, other relatives-in-law may marry provided they are at least 21 years of age and the family members involved in creating the in-law relationship are both dead.
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What is brother-in-law's wife called?

Noun. co-sister-in-law (plural co-sisters-in-law) One's spouse's sister-in-law, especially one's husband's brother's wife, one's brother's wife in relation to the spouses of his siblings; either of two (or more) women who are married to brothers, in relation to the other.
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What are your siblings in laws to you?

A sibling-in-law is the spouse of one's sibling, or the sibling of one's spouse, or the person who is married to the sibling of one's spouse. 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 one.
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How do you call your relations?

Your family members are also called your relatives. You have an immediate or nuclear family and an extended family. Your immediate family includes your father, mother and siblings. Your extended family includes all of the people in your father and mother's families.
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What is my nephew's daughter called?

a daughter of one's nephew or niece; grandniece.
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What is brother son called?

Nephew Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster.
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What is a Pibling?

Gender-neutral and nonbinary terms for aunt and uncle

That said, one term that has become increasingly popular is pibling. Pibling can refer to either an aunt or an uncle and is modeled on sibling, blended with the P from parent. For example: My piblings Alex, Jo, and Alice took me to the baseball game last week.
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What is a Griffonage?

Definition of griffonage

: careless handwriting : a crude or illegible scrawl.
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What is a gender-neutral term for king or queen?

Quing. It's an actual term that other non-binary people will use. It's a combination of king and queen.
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