Nephew and niece - wikipedia Nephew and niece `` Nephew '' redirects here. For other uses, see Nephew ( disambiguation ). A nephew is a son of a person 's sibling, and a niece is a daughter of a person 's sibling. Conversely, that person is the aunt or uncle of their niece or nephew. The gender - neutral term encompassing both nephews and nieces is nibling. The relationship of aunt / uncle to niece / nephew is an example of second - degree relatives, meaning that their coefficient of relationship is 25 %. The terms are also used colloquially for sons and daughters of siblings - in - law, even though there is no blood relationship. Contents 1 Etymology 2 Overview 3 Grandniece and grandnephew 4 References 5 External links Etymology The word nephew is derived from the French word neveu which is derived from the Latin nepotem. The term nepotism, meaning familial loyalty, is derived from this Latin term. Niece entered Middle English from the Old French word nece, which also derives from Latin nepotem. The word nibling is a neologism suggested by Samuel Martin in 1951 as a cover term for `` nephew or niece '' ; it is uncommon outside of specialist literature. Overview This article may need to be rewritten entirely to comply with Wikipedia 's quality standards. You can help. The discussion page may contain suggestions. ( September 2016 ) Historically, a nephew was the logical recipient of his uncle 's inheritance if there was no son or daughter, although in some northern Bangladeshi societies, a nephew takes precedence over a daughter, while in segments of medieval English law, nephews were also at times favored over daughters. In social environments that lacked a stable home or habituation such as refugee situations, uncles and fathers would equally be assigned responsibility for their sons and nephews. Among parents, some cultures have assigned equal status to daughters and nieces in their social status. This is for instance the case in Indian communities in the Mauritius, and the Thai Nakhon Phanom Province, where the transfer of cultural knowledge such as weaving was distributed equally among daughters, nieces and nieces - in - law by the Tai So community, and some Garifuna people that would transmit languages to their nieces. In some proselytizing communities the term niece was informally extended to include non-related younger female community members as a form of endearment. Among some tribes in Manus Province of Papua New Guinea, women 's roles as sisters, daughters and nieces may have taken precedence over their marital status in social importance. In some cultures and family traditions, it 's 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. Sister - son 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. Grandniece and grandnephew The terms grandniece ( great - niece ) and grandnephew ( great - nephew ) correspond to those of granduncle ( great - uncle ) and grandaunt ( great - aunt ), expressing a third - degree relationship. For ( poorly standardized ) terminology such as `` second granduncle '', see first cousins twice removed. References ^ Jump up to : Conklin, Harold C. ( 1964 ). `` Ethnogenealogical method ''. In Ward Hunt Goodenough. Explorations in Cultural Anthropology : Essays in Honor of George Peter Murdock. McGraw - Hill. p. 35. Jump up ^ `` Online Etymology Dictionary ''. etymonline.com. Douglas Harper. Retrieved 8 June 2016. Jump up ^ Meakins, Felicity ( 2016 ). Loss and Renewal : Australian Languages Since Colonisation. p. 91. Jump up ^ `` niece, n. ''. OED Online. Oxford University Press. June 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016. Jump up ^ Chakraborty, Eshani. `` Marginality, Modes of insecurity and Indigenous Women of Northern Bangladesh '' ( PDF ). calternatives.org. Retrieved 8 June 2016. Jump up ^ Stahl, Anne ( 2007 ). Victims who Do Not Cooperate with Law Enforcement in Domestic Violence Incidents. p. 19. Jump up ^ `` The Politics of Culture in Humanitarian Aid to Women Refugees Who Have Experienced Sexual Violence ''. transcultural psychiatry. McGill University. Retrieved 8 June 2016. Jump up ^ `` Comparative Studies in Society and History -- The Religion and Culture of Indian Immigrants in Mauritius and the Effect of Social Change -- Cambridge Journals Online ''. Journals.cambridge.org. Retrieved 2016 - 04 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Knowledge Management on Local Wisdom of Tai - so Community Weaving Culture in Phone Sawan District, Nakhon Phanom Province '' ( PDF ). Npu.ac.th. Retrieved 2016 - 04 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Language transmission in a Garifuna community : Challenging current notions about language death ''. Dialnet.unirioja.es. Retrieved 2016 - 04 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Divine Domesticities : Christian Paradoxes in Asia and the Pacific ''. Oapen.org. Retrieved 2016 - 04 - 11. Jump up ^ Gustaffson, Berit ( 1999 ). Traditions and Modernities in Gender Roles : Transformations in Kinship and Marriage Among the M'Buke from Manus Province. p. 7. External links Look up nephew in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up niece in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up nibling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. ( 1911 ). `` Nephew ''. Encyclopædia Britannica. 19 ( 11th ed. ). Cambridge University Press. p. 384. Lancaster, F.M. ( October 2005 ). `` Types of Collateral Relationships - Uncle / Aunt Nephew / Niece ''. Genetic and Quantitative Aspects of Genealogy. Retrieved 25 June 2016. Dictionary.com, `` nephew, '' in Dictionary.com Unabridged. Source location : Random House, Inc. Available : http://dictionary.reference.com. 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Question: brother's daughter is called as in english
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