Niece

"Nephew" redirects here. For other uses, see Nephew (disambiguation).

A nephew is a son of one's sibling or half-sibling, and a niece is a daughter of one's sibling or half-sibling. Sons and daughters of siblings-in-law are also informally referred to as nephews and nieces respectively, even though there is no blood relation. The word nephew is derived from the French word neveu.

Nephew – son of one's brother/sister (and his/her spouse).
Niece – daughter of one's sister/brother (and her/his spouse).
Half-nephew – son of one's half-brother/half-sister.
Half-niece – daughter of one's half-brother/half-sister.
Nephew-in-law – son of one's sister-in-law/brother-in-law; husband of one's niece.
Niece-in-law – daughter of one's sister-in-law/brother-in-law; wife of one's nephew.
Step-nephew – son of one's stepbrother/sister, or stepson of one's brother/sister, or stepson of one's stepbrother/stepsister.
Step-niece – daughter of one's stepbrother/sister, or stepdaughter of one's brother/sister, or stepdaughter of one's stepbrother/stepsister.
Half-nephew-in-law – son of one's wife/husband's half-brother/half-sister; husband of one's half-niece
Half-niece-in-law – daughter of one's wife/husband's half-brother/half-sister; wife of one's half-nephew
Step-niece-in-law – daughter of one's wife/husband's stepbrother/stepsister; wife of one's step-nephew
Step-nephew-in-law – son of one's wife/husband's stepbrother/stepsister; husband of one's step-niece
Great-nephew (also called "grand nephew") – son of one's nephew/niece, grandson of one's sister/brother.
Great-niece (also called "grand niece") – daughter of one's nephew/niece, granddaughter of one's sister/brother.
Half-great-nephew – son of one's half-nephew/niece.
Half-great-niece – daughter of one's half-nephew/niece.

In some cultures and family traditions, it is common to refer to one's first cousin once removed (the child of one's cousin), as a niece or nephew. In archaic terminology, a maternal nephew is called a sister-son, emphasizing the importance as a person's nearest male relative should he have no brothers or sons of his own. The term is used to describe some knights who are nephews to King Arthur and is imitated by J. R. R. Tolkien, especially in lists of Kings of Rohan or dwarves where the sister-son is also heir. Sister-daughter is a less common parallel term for niece.

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v t e Family

Household Nuclear family Extended family Conjugal family Stepfamily Dysfunctional family

Immediate family	Spouse Husband Wife Parent Father Mother Child Son Daughter Sibling Brother Sister

Extended family	Grandparent Aunt Uncle Cousin Nephew and niece Common ancestor

Family-in-law	Parent-in-law Brother-in-law Sister-in-law

Kinship	Adoption Affinity Consanguinity Disownment Divorce Fictive kinship Marriage

Lineage	Bilateral descent Family name Family tree Genealogy Heirloom Heredity Inheritance Matrilineality Patrilineality Pedigree chart

Relationships	Agape (parental love) Eros (marital love) Filial piety Philia (friendly love) Storge (familial love) Veneration Matrifocal family

Theories	Anti-Oedipus Kommune 1

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