brother

male sibling
Thing kinship Q10861465
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Summary

brother is a kinship[1]. brother draws 1,841 Wikipedia views per month (kinship category, ranking #15 of 57).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: sibling[3], brother or male parallel cousin[4]
  • Commons category: Brothers[5]
  • Opposite of: sister[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Brothers[7]
  • Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9]
  • Has characteristic: male[10]
  • Different from: Broer[11], friar[12]
  • Wikidata usage instructions: Avoid using with "relative" (P1038), use "sibling" (P3373) instead.[13]
  • Hashtag: brother[14]
  • Disjoint union of: list of values as qualifiers[15]
  • Kinship equivalent in SPARQL at Wikidata: ?person wdt:P3373 ?relative . ?relative wdt:P21 wd:Q6581097[16]

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Influence

Things named for brother include Big Brother[17], a literary character[18]; fraternal organization[19]; Los Pollos Hermanos[20], a fictional fast food restaurant chain[21]; Brother[22], a film[23], directed by Aleksei Balabanov[24]; and Broforce[25], a video game[26].

Why It Matters

brother has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] brother is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for brother include Big Brother[17], a literary character[18]; fraternal organization[19]; Los Pollos Hermanos[20], a fictional fast food restaurant chain[21]; Brother[22], a film[23], directed by Aleksei Balabanov[24]; and Broforce[25], a video game[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 3741
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 3741, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167476504|BROTHER (#167476504)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #"
  2. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → brothers
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: brothers, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289920428|brothers (#289920428)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0205830-bratri
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0205830-bratri, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259473|batch #259473]]"
  4. 19w ago · Warudo · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Union of → Q23766486
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Union of: list of values as qualifiers"
  5. 19w ago · StarTrekker · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → kinship
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: Q140036799"
  6. 20w ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Q139964876
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Part of: Q139964876"
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