Directions: Choose the correct alternative for each of the following. Sister’s…

Concept

Kinship terms classify relatives by generation, family branch, and sex. A sibling’s male child and female child use different terms, while a cousin belongs to the aunt-or-uncle branch.

Application

A sister is a sibling. Her son is therefore a male child of one’s sibling, and the English kinship term for that relation is nephew.

Contrast

• Nephew denotes a male child of one’s brother or sister.

• Niece denotes a female child of one’s brother or sister.

• Cousin denotes a child of one’s aunt or uncle.

• More than one of the above would require at least two listed terms to denote the same stated relation.

• None of the above would require every listed term to exclude the stated relation.

Result

The sister’s son is her sibling’s male child: a nephew.