Can your nephew be your brother?

nephew. a son of your brother or sister, or a son of your husband’s or wife’s brother or sister. Their daughter is called your niece.

What is the child of a nephew called?

Your grand-niece (the child of your niece or nephew) is two generations away from you, and your great-grand-niece (the grandchild of your niece or nephew) is three generations away.

What relation is the child of my nephew to me?

Your nephew’s son is commonly referred to as your grandnephew. Since you have the same bloodline, he is a blood relative to you as long as he is your sibling’s offspring. It follows that your grandnephew is your sibling’s grandson, as well as your parents’ great-grandson.

Can your son be your nephew?

Your brother’s son is your nephew. If your nephew has a daughter, that daughter is your grandniece.

What my nephew means to me?

A nephew is the son of your sibling. When brothers or sisters have male children, you become an aunt or an uncle to a nephew. If your nephew has a sister, she is your niece. Both niece and nephew originally meant “grandchild,” but narrowed to their current meanings in the 1600s.

What is opposite of nephew?

If you are female, you are their niece. If you are male, you are their nephew. Both niece and nephew come from the Latin word nepotem.

What you mean by nephew?

Definition of nephew 1 : a son of one’s brother, sister, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law. 2 obsolete : a lineal (see lineal sense 3) descendant especially : grandson.

What relationship is a great-niece?

a daughter of one’s nephew or niece; grandniece.

How is a great-nephew related?

a son of one’s nephew or niece; grandnephew.

What a niece means to me?

Niecenoun. a daughter of one’s brother or sister, or of one’s brother-in-law or sister-in-law.

How is a great nephew related?

What do I call my sister’s son?

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nephew Add to list Share. A nephew is the son of your sibling. This makes you the aunt or uncle of that nephew. While a mom, dad, sister, and brother are members of an immediate family, a nephew is part of your extended family because he’s the son of a sibling.