{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.father-s-sister","code":"thing-q5992509","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q5992509/","name":"father's sister","alternateNames":["cousin","father's younger sister"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.LIV"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A father's sister is a person's paternal aunt, a kinship relation traced through that person's father to his sister.","purpose":"Enable an agent to identify and assess a father's sister relationship relative to a specified person while distinguishing kinship evidence from assumptions about family duties or authority.","scope":{"in":["The reference person, their identified father, and that father's identified sister","The basis and evidence for the father relationship and sister relationship","Full-sister and half-sister distinctions where established","Family or cultural terminology used for the relationship","Uncertainty, competing assertions, and changes in recognition of the relationship"],"out":["The aunt's complete identity, biography, or occupational roles","Mother's sister and other kinship paths that do not establish father's sister","A father's sibling's spouse when marriage is the only qualifying connection","General kinship terminology systems beyond distinctions needed for this relationship","Guardianship, inheritance, custody, and other legal statuses requiring separate evidence"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["The relationship is evaluated relative to a named reference person; someone is not a father's sister without that reference.","The qualifying path is reference person to father to his sister, rather than reference person to mother to her sister.","The person is identified as the father's sister, rather than only as the spouse of one of his siblings.","The word 'aunt' alone does not establish this relationship because its use can cover other family connections or social roles.","The kinship role does not by itself establish caregiving responsibility, legal authority, or current contact."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"paternal-relationship-path","name":"Paternal relationship path","description":"Establishes the specific chain of relationships that makes someone the reference person's father's sister.","layers":[{"id":"reference-person-and-father","name":"Reference person and father","description":"Fixes the perspective and the father through whom the relationship is asserted.","findings":[{"id":"explicit-father-link","name":"Explicit father link","description":"Record which person is the reference person and which father relationship supports this particular paternal-aunt assertion.","questions":[{"text":"Whose father's sister is being identified?","id":"explicit-father-link-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which identified father connects the reference person to the proposed aunt, and what supports that link?","id":"explicit-father-link-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"father-to-sister","name":"Father to sister","description":"Establishes that the proposed role holder is the identified father's sister.","findings":[{"id":"qualifying-sister-link","name":"Qualifying sister link","description":"Record the sister relationship directly, keeping it distinct from marriage to a sibling and from other uses of aunt.","questions":[{"text":"What evidence identifies this person as the father's sister?","id":"qualifying-sister-link-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does the claimed connection run through sisterhood or only through marriage to the father's sibling?","id":"qualifying-sister-link-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"kinship-basis-and-boundaries","name":"Kinship basis and boundaries","description":"Makes the meanings of father and sister explicit without silently narrowing them to one family structure.","layers":[{"id":"parenthood-basis","name":"Parenthood basis","description":"Captures the basis on which the intervening person is identified as father.","findings":[{"id":"specified-fatherhood-context","name":"Specified fatherhood context","description":"Keep biological, adoptive, step, and social father assertions explicit; leave their inclusion unresolved where the intended usage is unclear.","questions":[{"text":"In what sense is the intervening person identified as the reference person's father?","id":"specified-fatherhood-context-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Does the relevant family usage include this father's sister under the requested relationship term?","id":"specified-fatherhood-context-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"siblinghood-basis","name":"Siblinghood basis","description":"Captures how the father and his sister are related.","findings":[{"id":"specified-sisterhood-context","name":"Specified sisterhood context","description":"Preserve full, half, adoptive, step, or socially recognized sister distinctions when known, without guessing from shared surnames.","questions":[{"text":"What kind of sister relationship is asserted between the father and this person?","id":"specified-sisterhood-context-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What evidence supports that distinction, and which details remain unknown?","id":"specified-sisterhood-context-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"kinship-language-and-recognition","name":"Kinship language and recognition","description":"Separates the structural relationship from terms of address and the family's recognition of it.","layers":[{"id":"terms-and-address","name":"Terms and address","description":"Records how the father's sister is described or addressed in a specified language and context.","findings":[{"id":"term-to-path-mapping","name":"Term to path mapping","description":"Keep the recorded kinship term alongside the explicit paternal path so translation does not substitute a broader or different relationship.","questions":[{"text":"What term does the reference person or family use for this father's sister, and in which language?","id":"term-to-path-mapping-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Does that term specifically identify a father's sister or also cover other relatives and social aunts?","id":"term-to-path-mapping-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"attributed-recognition","name":"Attributed recognition","description":"Records who recognizes or disputes the relationship and avoids inferring sisterhood from appearance.","findings":[{"id":"recognition-with-attribution","name":"Recognition with attribution","description":"Attribute family-role descriptions to their sources and preserve disagreement without treating one person's wording as universal agreement.","questions":[{"text":"Who identifies the person as the father's sister, and is that identification disputed?","id":"recognition-with-attribution-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What clarification is needed before using this kinship description in communication with the people concerned?","id":"recognition-with-attribution-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-permitted-use","name":"Evidence and permitted use","description":"Assesses support for the derived kinship assertion and limits what an agent may infer from it.","layers":[{"id":"support-and-revision","name":"Support and revision","description":"Tracks evidence separately for both links and reassesses the derived relationship when either changes.","findings":[{"id":"derived-assertion-support","name":"Derived assertion support","description":"Treat the father's sister assertion as dependent on its recorded father and sister links; distinguish changed knowledge from changed family recognition.","questions":[{"text":"Are both links supported, or does the paternal-aunt assertion depend on an unresolved claim?","id":"derived-assertion-support-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"If either link is corrected or disputed, which derived father's sister assertions need review?","id":"derived-assertion-support-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"kinship-action-limits","name":"Kinship action limits","description":"Separates the paternal-aunt role from permissions and responsibilities that require independent support.","findings":[{"id":"no-authority-from-aunt-status","name":"Separate authority from aunt status","description":"Use the kinship assertion to describe a family connection; consult separate evidence for caregiving, representation, access, or disclosure decisions.","questions":[{"text":"What separately recorded permission or authority supports the proposed action involving the father's sister?","id":"no-authority-from-aunt-status-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Is a claim about custody, inheritance, caregiving, or contact being incorrectly inferred from paternal-aunt status alone?","id":"no-authority-from-aunt-status-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of father's sister this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of father's sister this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-identifiers","name":"Identifiers and schemes","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of father's sister this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-identifiers-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of father's sister this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of father's sister this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of father's sister this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of father's sister this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Explain kinship terms for a father's sister across languages and cultures.","Help a person record family relationships in a family tree they are building."],"mustNot":["Reveal or infer family relationships of living people without their consent.","Assume a person's family structure or roles from cultural stereotypes.","Contact relatives on someone's behalf without permission.","Use family links to locate or track a person who does not want to be found."],"requiresHuman":["Sharing family tree data that includes living people."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["In some cultures a paternal aunt has special duties and authority; descriptions should respect them.","Family data is personal; revealing it can expose adoption, paternity or estrangement."],"affectedParties":["Family members","People estranged from relatives","Adopted people"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns the relationship; each family keeps its own records, and civil registries record births.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Civil registration records"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q126416832","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q138716875","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q138717201","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q139494182","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q41805477","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.father-s-sister","Wikidata: Q5992509 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5992509)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Reference person: Identified person from whose perspective the relationship is stated","Intervening father: Identified person recognized as the reference person's father, with the basis recorded","Father's sister: Identified person asserted to be the intervening father's sister","Father relationship basis: Biological; adoptive; step; socially recognized; other specified; unknown; multiple bases permitted","Sister relationship basis: Biological full sibling; biological half sibling; adoptive sibling; step sibling; socially recognized sister; other specified; unknown","Relationship assertion status: Reported; supported by recorded evidence; disputed; unresolved","Kinship term in use: Recorded term with language, speaker, and family or cultural context","Assertion provenance: Sources for each relationship link, including attribution and date where available"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Trace and explain the reference-person-to-father-to-sister path.","Record multiple qualifying paternal aunts or multiple father links without treating them as duplicate people.","Distinguish a supported father's sister relationship from an ambiguous use of 'aunt'.","Request clarification about an uncertain father or sister link without guessing from names or appearance.","Update or qualify the derived relationship when supporting assertions change.","Check separately recorded permission or authority before using kinship to justify contact, disclosure, or representation."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Genealogy data can reveal unexpected paternity or family secrets.","Terms vary between languages and can be mistranslated."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["The father's sister relationship is used in genealogy, family records and descriptions of extended family networks.","It identifies a paternal aunt relative to a specified person, while questions about biological, adoptive or other recognized family links require supporting context."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q5992509: father's sister","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5992509","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia (sv): Faster","url":"https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Does the registry intend father's sister to include adoptive, step, and socially recognized pathways, or only a narrower genealogical relationship?","Does an existing Vercy kinship model already own this concept, making this entry a link or specialization rather than a separate publication?","Which language and cultural contexts require distinctions such as the father's older versus younger sister?","What evidence standard should apply when the father link or sister link is disputed, undocumented, or based only on family testimony?","How should preferred kinship descriptions and historical assertions be represented when the people concerned use different terms?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q5992509/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q5992509/spec.json"],"providers":["Codex"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-12T09:39:22Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"not-applicable","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"not-applicable","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-08T19:09:55+00:00: completeness 1.00; 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