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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. |
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[[David and Jonathan]], sworn friends and confidants, became brothers-in-law when David married Jonathan's sister Michal.<ref>[[Books of Samuel|1 Samuel]] 18:20–27.</ref> |
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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.<ref>Cambridge Dictionaries Online. "[http://dictionary.cambridge.org/topics/family-and-relationships/non-blood-relations/ Family: non-blood relations]".</ref> |
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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]]". |
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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''<ref>Conklin, Harold C., "Ethnogenealogical Method", in ''Explorations in Cultural Anthropology: Essays in Honor of George Peter Murdock'', W. H. Goodenough, ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1964</ref>) – if necessary, specified whether "by marriage", as opposed to "[[Consanguinity|by blood]]" or "[[Adoption|by adoption]]". |
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One study, examining the issue of [[envy]] in the triadic system of sibling, sibling-in-law and spouse, concluded that "The sibling-in-law relationship shared similarities with both [[Marriage|spousal]] and [[sibling relationship]]s" and that "Relational closeness and satisfaction for all relationships in the triad were correlated."<ref>{{cite web|last=Yoshimura|first=C.G|year=2010|title= The experience and communication of envy among siblings, siblings-in-law, and spouses|publisher=Journal of Social and Personal Relationships|url=http://spr.sagepub.com/content/27/8/1075.short}}</ref> |
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In [[Islamic law]] (''shariʿa'')<ref>Qurʾan, [[An-Nisa]], verse 23.</ref> and [[Jewish law]] (''halakhah'')<ref>[[Leviticus]] 18:16, 18:18.</ref> sexual relations between siblings-in-law are prohibited as [[incest]]uous, unless the spouse is deceased. Conversely, in Judaism there was the custom of [[yibbum]], whereby a man had a non-obligatory duty to wed his deceased brother's childless widow so she might have progeny by him.<ref>[[Deuteronomy]] 25:5–10.</ref> |
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If one pair of siblings is married to another pair of siblings, the siblings-in-law are thus doubly-related, each of the four both through one's spouse and through one's sibling, while the children of the two couples are [[double cousins]]. |
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*[[Nephew and niece]] |
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*[[Cousin#Additional terms|Cousins-in-law]] |
*[[Cousin#Additional terms|Cousins-in-law]] |
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*[[Affinity (law)]] |
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David and Jonathan, sworn friends and confidants, became brothers-in-law when David married Jonathan's sister Michal.[1]
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.[2]
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[3]) – if necessary, specified whether "by marriage", as opposed to "by blood" or "by adoption".
One study, examining the issue of envy in the triadic system of sibling, sibling-in-law and spouse, concluded that "The sibling-in-law relationship shared similarities with both spousal and sibling relationships" and that "Relational closeness and satisfaction for all relationships in the triad were correlated."[4]
In Islamic law (shariʿa)[5] and Jewish law (halakhah)[6] sexual relations between siblings-in-law are prohibited as incestuous, unless the spouse is deceased. Conversely, in Judaism there was the custom of yibbum, whereby a man had a non-obligatory duty to wed his deceased brother's childless widow so she might have progeny by him.[7]
If one pair of siblings is married to another pair of siblings, the siblings-in-law are thus doubly-related, each of the four both through one's spouse and through one's sibling, while the children of the two couples are double cousins.
References
- ^ 1 Samuel 18:20–27.
- ^ Cambridge Dictionaries Online. "Family: non-blood relations".
- ^ Conklin, Harold C., "Ethnogenealogical Method", in Explorations in Cultural Anthropology: Essays in Honor of George Peter Murdock, W. H. Goodenough, ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1964
- ^ Yoshimura, C.G (2010). "The experience and communication of envy among siblings, siblings-in-law, and spouses". Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.
- ^ Qurʾan, An-Nisa, verse 23.
- ^ Leviticus 18:16, 18:18.
- ^ Deuteronomy 25:5–10.
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