sister
Let an agent explain the sister relation and its kinds, relay kinship terminology across cultures, describe sibling research with attribution, and distinguish the family sense from religious and figurative uses.
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the sister relation and its kinds, relay kinship terminology across cultures, describe sibling research with attribution, and distinguish the family sense from religious and figurative uses.
A female sibling, a woman or girl who shares one or both parents with another person, including full, half, step and adoptive sisters, older and younger sisters, twin sisters and, in some kinship systems, female parallel cousins counted as sisters, with in-law relations such as a wife younger sister named separately in many languages; the term extends to women in religious orders and to solidarity among women, and in Ryukyuan tradition the onarigami belief holds sisters as spiritual protectors of brothers.
What it is for: Not applicable; a kinship relation.
It can be explain kinds of sister; relay kinship terminology; relay sibling research; distinguish senses.
Distinguishing features
Shared parentage
Birth order distinctions
Cultural terminology
Religious and figurative senses
What it looks like
No defining appearance; a relation between people.
How it is recognised
Female sibling
Full, half, step, adoptive, twin, older and younger
A religious sister belongs to an order; sisterhood is figurative solidarity
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is the counterpart of - the male sibling
is studied in - anthropology
In practice
Families and kinds
full, half, step and adoptive sisters
older and younger sisters
twin sisters including younger twin sister
female parallel cousins as sisters in some kinship systems
in-law relations such as a wife younger sister
religious sisters
onarigami as a cultural belief about sisters
Standards and regulation
Family law on sibling rights, inheritance and care
No regulation of the relation itself
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing kinship terms across languages
Stereotyping birth order
Confusing family and religious senses
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.sister
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a sister is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a sister, and what kinds of sister relation exist? definition
- Is the question about a family sister, a religious sister or figurative sisterhood? boundary
Terminology
Kinship terms.
Terminology
Terminology.
- How do languages distinguish older, younger, parallel cousin and in-law sisters? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific kinship system? action
Research Sibling research.
Attribution.
Development
Development.
Development
Development.
- What does research say about sibling relationships and development, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Adult
Adult sisters.
Adult
Adult.
- How do sister relationships change in adulthood and ageing, as studies describe? provenance
- Is the user asking for personal family advice, which the model does not give? boundary
Culture Culture and belief.
Attribution.
Belief
Beliefs about sisters.
Belief
Belief.
- What is the Ryukyuan onarigami belief, and what other cultural roles do sisters hold, with attribution? provenance
- Which entry fits Ryukyuan religion? action
Representation
Literature and media.
Representation
Representation.
- How are sisters represented in literature, myth and media? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Context Law and other senses.
Context.
Law
Law.
Law
Law.
- What legal rights and duties attach to sisters in inheritance and care? provenance
- Is the question jurisdiction-specific, which needs local law? boundary
Senses
Other senses.
Senses
Senses.
- How is sister used for religious women, nurses and solidarity movements? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific sense? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should sibling be the primary linked entry?
- How should kinship terminology databases be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific relations and a Ryukyuan belief; should they be split off?