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One's '''sibling-in-law''' is the sibling of one's spouse or the spouse of one's sibling. By gender, this is specified as '''brother-in-law''' for the brother of one's spouse or the husband of one's sibling, and '''sister-in-law''' for the sister of one's spouse or the wife of one's sibling. |
One's '''sibling-in-law''' is the [[sibling]] of one's [[spouse]] or the spouse of one's sibling. By gender, this is specified as '''brother-in-law''' for the brother of one's spouse or the husband of one's sibling, and '''sister-in-law''' for the sister of one's spouse or the wife of one's sibling. |
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Just like other affines, or "in-laws", siblings-in-law are related by a type of kinship called ''[[Affinity (law)|affinity]]''. A more distant type of relation is that of a [[Wiktionary:co-sibling-in-law|co-sibling-in-law]]; that is, one's spouse's sibling's spouse or one's sibling's spouse's sibling. Just like the children of one's siblings, the children of one's siblings-in-law are called simply [[Nephew and niece|''nieces'' and ''nephews'']] (more rarely, ''[[nibling]]s'') – if necessary, specified whether "by marriage", as opposed to "[[Consanguinity|by blood]]" or "[[Adoption|by adoption]]". |
Just like other affines, or "in-laws", siblings-in-law are related by a type of kinship called ''[[Affinity (law)|affinity]]''. A more distant type of relation is that of a [[Wiktionary:co-sibling-in-law|co-sibling-in-law]]; that is, one's spouse's sibling's spouse or one's sibling's spouse's sibling. Just like the children of one's siblings, the children of one's siblings-in-law are called simply [[Nephew and niece|''nieces'' and ''nephews'']] (more rarely, ''[[nibling]]s'') – if necessary, specified whether "by marriage", as opposed to "[[Consanguinity|by blood]]" or "[[Adoption|by adoption]]". |
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One's sibling-in-law is the sibling of one's spouse or the spouse of one's sibling. By gender, this is specified as brother-in-law for the brother of one's spouse or the husband of one's sibling, and sister-in-law for the sister of one's spouse or the wife of one's sibling.
Just like other affines, or "in-laws", siblings-in-law are related by a type of kinship called affinity. A more distant type of relation is that of a co-sibling-in-law; that is, one's spouse's sibling's spouse or one's sibling's spouse's sibling. Just like the children of one's siblings, the children of one's siblings-in-law are called simply nieces and nephews (more rarely, niblings) – if necessary, specified whether "by marriage", as opposed to "by blood" or "by adoption".
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