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uncle

vr.tr.uncle · SOC.PER

Let an agent explain the kinship term uncle, relay definitions, types and cultural variation from anthropology and linguistics sources, describe the named forms, and distinguish uncles from great-uncles, cousins, godparents and honorific titles, without making claims about specific families.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the kinship term uncle, relay definitions, types and cultural variation from anthropology and linguistics sources, describe the named forms, and distinguish uncles from great-uncles, cousins, godparents and honorific titles, without making claims about specific families.

The brother of a person s parent, or the husband of a parent s sibling, called an uncle-in-law in some usages, distinguished as paternal or maternal uncle, and in anthropology as parallel uncle, the father s brother, and cross uncle, the mother s brother, a distinction with important roles in many kinship systems, such as the maternal uncle s authority in matrilineal societies; nominal or honorary uncles are family friends or elders addressed as uncle by custom. Kinship terms and roles vary widely across languages and cultures.

What it is for: Naming a kinship relation.

It can be explain definitions and types; relay cultural variation; describe named forms; distinguish related relatives.

Distinguishing features

Second-generation collateral relative

Paternal and maternal sides

Blood or marriage

Culturally variable roles

What it looks like

Not a physical object; a family relationship.

Physical character

consanguinity with nephew or niece: third degree note - civil law computation

genetic relatedness: about 25 percent - full uncle on average

anthropological distinction: parallel and cross uncles note

How it is recognised

Parent s brother or parent s sibling s husband

Parent s brother, nominal uncle, uncle-in-law, paternal uncle, maternal uncle, parallel uncle

Great-uncles are grandparents brothers; cousins are uncles children; godparents are sponsors; honorific uncles are not kin

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

uncle or aunt

is contrasted with -

great-uncle

is related to - maternal uncle roles

avunculate

is contrasted with -

godparent

In practice

Families and kinds

paternal uncles

maternal uncles

uncles by marriage

half-uncles

honorary uncles

Standards and regulation

Marriage prohibition laws on close relatives

Inheritance and guardianship laws

Failure modes and hazards

Assuming one culture s kinship roles

Confusing uncles by marriage and by blood

Giving legal advice on inheritance

Also called

parent's brothernominal uncleuncle-in-lawpaternal unclematernal uncleparallel uncle

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.uncle

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 an uncle is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is an uncle, and how does the relation differ from great-uncles, cousins, godparents and honorific titles? definition
  2. Is the question about family terms, genealogy, inheritance law or culture? boundary

Forms

Named forms.

Forms

Forms.

  1. What are paternal, maternal, parallel, nominal uncles and uncles-in-law? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific form? action
Anthropology Kinship systems.

Attribution.

Systems

Kinship terminology.

Systems

Systems.

  1. How do Sudanese, Hawaiian and other kinship systems name uncles? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Avunculate

Maternal uncle roles.

Avunculate

Avunculate.

  1. What is the avunculate, and how do anthropologists explain it, with views attributed? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Language Words for uncle.

Sources.

Terms

Language terms.

Terms

Terms.

  1. Which languages use separate words for paternal and maternal uncles? provenance
  2. Which entry fits kinship terminology? action

Honorific

Honorific uncles.

Honorific

Honorific.

  1. Why do many cultures call respected elders uncle? provenance
  2. Which entry fits fictive kinship? action
Context Law and genealogy.

Regulation.

Law

Legal relevance.

Law

Law.

  1. How do laws treat uncles in marriage prohibitions and guardianship, in general terms? provenance
  2. Is the information general rather than legal advice? boundary

Genealogy

Genealogy.

Genealogy

Genealogy.

  1. How are uncles recorded in genealogical charts? provenance
  2. Which entry fits genealogy? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should parallel and cross uncles be separate entries?
  • How should kinship terminology sources be linked?
  • Should the honorary sense be separated?