uncle

Brother or brother-in-law of one's parent

EntitykinshipQ76557

Also known as brother of parent · parent's brother · brother-in-law of parent · parent's brother-in-law

Instance of: kinship
Subclass of: uncle or aunt
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An uncle is usually defined as a male relative who is a sibling of a parent; term for married to a sister of one of a parent, is uncle-in-law, as well as the parent of the cousins, although this individual is more commonly simply referred to as uncle without this distinction. Uncles who are related by birth are second-degree relatives. The female counterpart of an uncle is an aunt, and the reciprocal relationship is that of a nephew or niece. The word comes from Latin: avunculus, the diminutive of avus (grandfather), and is a family relationship within an extended or immediate family. A popular colloquial term in recent Gen Z and Alpha English is Unc.

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Has characteristic: male
Kinship equivalent in SPARQL at Wikidata: ?person (wdt:P22|wdt:P25) ?parent . { ?parent wdt:P3373 ?relative } UNION { ?parent wdt:P3373/wdt:P26 ?relative } . ?relative wdt:P21 wd:Q6581097
Different from: parent's brother
Opposite of: aunt criterion used: gender binary
nephew criterion used: inverse family relationship
niece criterion used: inverse family relationship

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