What do I call my sister's son?

nephew. a son of your brother or sister, or a son of your husband's or wife's brother or sister. Their daughter is called your niece.
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What do we call sisters son?

In the lineal kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a niece or nephew is a child of the subject's sibling or sibling-in-law. The converse relationship, the relationship from the niece or nephew's perspective, is that of an aunt or uncle. A niece is female and a nephew is male.
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What do I call my sister's child?

Your niece is the daughter of your sister or brother. ... his niece, the daughter of his eldest sister.
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What is my sister's son and daughter called?

A nephew is the son of someone's brother or sister. A niece is the daughter of the person's brother or sister.
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What's my sister's son to me?

nephew. a son of your brother or sister, or a son of your husband's or wife's brother or sister. Their daughter is called your niece.
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Members of the Family in English



What do I call my niece's son?

a son of one's nephew or niece; grandnephew.
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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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What do you call your brother's son?

A nephew is the son of your sibling. This makes you the aunt or uncle of that nephew. While a mom, dad, sister, and brother are members of an immediate family, a nephew is part of your extended family because he's the son of a sibling.
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What is your niece's baby to you?

The daughter of your niece is also your niece, but in a second degree. If you have any children, then your niece is their cousin in the first degree, or sister cousin. The daughter of your niece is to your children a second cousin, according to a regular consanguinity chart.
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What is opposite of nephew?

If you are female, you are their niece. If you are male, you are their nephew.
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Is it nephews or nephew's?

The plural firm of nephew is nephews.
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Is nephew male or female?

A niece is female, while a nephew is male, with the term nibling used in place of the common, gender-specific terms in some specialist literature. As aunt/uncle and niece/nephew are separated by two generations they are an example of second-degree relationship and are 25% related if related by blood.
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Is it great nephew or grand nephew?

Grandnephew definition

The grandson of one's brother or sister; great-nephew. A son of one's nephew or niece. Grandson of one's sibling.
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Who is a grand niece?

Definition of grandniece

: a granddaughter of one's brother or sister.
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What do I call my niece's husband?

Senior Member. Although Wikipedia lists many niece-related terms, I consider "nephew-in-law" an rather uncommon stretch. I call my niece's husband "my niece's husband."
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What is uncle's son called?

Your aunt or uncle's child is your "cousin" regardless of gender. More specifically, these relatives are your "first cousins".
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What is nephew's wife called?

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. J.R.
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Is a nephew a close relative?

close relative means a parent, spouse, domestic partner, or son or daughter. close relative means a grandparent, great-grandparent, adult nephew or niece, adult brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt, or adult great uncle or great aunt.
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Can you marry your mama?

There is no legal restriction on the marriage of first cousins. You may not marry your: Grandmother or grandfather. Mother or father.
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Is marrying your uncle legal?

Avunculate marriage is permitted in Norway, Chile, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Finland, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Germany and Russia. In the United States it is permitted in some circumstances in two states.
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Can I marry brother?

The term “incest” generally refers to sexual relations between close family members, and American laws on this issue vary between jurisdictions within the country. Many states outlaw sexual relationships between siblings and between parents and their children, and no state allows siblings to marry.
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Is there a nephew in law?

A niece-in-law or nephew-in-law is the spouse of one's nephew/niece, or the nephew/niece of one's spouse. …
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What is grand nephew?

Definition of grandnephew

: a grandson of one's brother or sister.
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What means great niece?

a daughter of one's nephew or niece; grandniece.
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Is it great niece or grand niece?

Grandniece and great-niece are interchangeable terms that describe the daughter of a person's niece or nephew. Grandniece aligns more traditionally with the term grandson, but "great" in the expression great-niece means one generation removed, according to the website Grammarphobia.
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