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-Wittgenstein's Nephew (96 bytes) 2: ''Wittgenstein's Nephew: A Friendship'' ([[1982]]) by [[Thomas Bernhard]]... The Magician's Nephew (11632 bytes) 2: ...re is a word, referred to as the [[The Magician's Nephew#Deplorable Word|deplorable word]], which ends all... 4: ... books have been re-ordered with ''The Magician's Nephew'' as book one. See ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]... 10: When a scheming old magician sent his nephew, Digory, and Polly into the woods between the Wor... 13: ...een in both ''Ainulindalë'' and ''The Magician's Nephew'' but not in the Bible. 21: Of the seven Narnia books, ''The Magician's Nephew'' is one of the only two that does not feature th... Rameau's Nephew (6736 bytes) 9: '''''Rameau's Nephew, or the Second Satire''''' (Le Neveu de Rameau ou... 11: ...t literally meaning -- Jean-François Rameau, the nephew of the [[Jean-Philippe Rameau|famous composer]], ... 15: ...ears initially to have a didactic role, while the nephew (Lui) succeeds in conveying a cynical, if perhaps... 30: In ''Rameau's Nephew'', Diderot attacked and ridiculed the critics of ...+{| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5"
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 +"When [[Lucius Tarquinius Superbus |Tarquin the Proud]] caused one of his [[Niece and nephew|nephew]]s to be murdered in the hope of securing the [[Order of succession |succession]] for his own son, the other nephew [[feigned insanity]]; and it was upon him, in accordance with [[matriarchal]] law, that the duty of [[blood-revenge]] evolved, when his niece [[Lucretia]] was assaulted. As in all [[patriarchal]] society, the distinction between paternal and maternal [[uncle]]s was clearly drawn, the former being called ‘patruus’, the latter ‘[[avunculus]]’, a diminutive of avus ; that is, ancestor. Thus our word ‘uncle’, a corruption of avunculus, preserves a trace of the matriarchal order of succession." --''[[The Mothers]]'' (1927) by Robert Briffault
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 +In the language of [[kinship]], a '''nephew''' is a son of a person's [[sibling]], and a '''niece''' is a daughter of a person's [[sibling]]. [[converse relation|Conversely]], that person is the [[aunt]] or [[uncle]] of their niece or nephew. The relationship of aunt/uncle to niece/nephew is an example of [[second-degree relative]]s, meaning that their [[coefficient of relationship]] is 25%.
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 +The terms are also used [[colloquially]] for sons and daughters of [[Sibling-in-law|siblings-in-law]], even though there is no blood relationship.
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 +==Namesakes==
 +*''[[Wittgenstein's Nephew]]'' by Thomas Bernhard
 +*''[[The Magician's Nephew]]''
 +*''[[Rameau's Nephew]]'' by Diderot
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"When Tarquin the Proud caused one of his nephews to be murdered in the hope of securing the succession for his own son, the other nephew feigned insanity; and it was upon him, in accordance with matriarchal law, that the duty of blood-revenge evolved, when his niece Lucretia was assaulted. As in all patriarchal society, the distinction between paternal and maternal uncles was clearly drawn, the former being called ‘patruus’, the latter ‘avunculus’, a diminutive of avus ; that is, ancestor. Thus our word ‘uncle’, a corruption of avunculus, preserves a trace of the matriarchal order of succession." --The Mothers (1927) by Robert Briffault

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In the language of kinship, a nephew is a son of a person's sibling, and a niece is a daughter of a person's sibling. Conversely, that person is the aunt or uncle of their niece or nephew. The relationship of aunt/uncle to niece/nephew is an example of second-degree relatives, meaning that their coefficient of relationship is 25%.

The terms are also used colloquially for sons and daughters of siblings-in-law, even though there is no blood relationship.


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