nephew

male child of a sibling or half-sibling
Thing kinship Q15224724
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nephew

Summary

nephew is a kinship[1]. nephew draws 92 Wikipedia views per month (kinship category, ranking #28 of 57).[2]

Key Facts

  • nephew's instance of is recorded as kinship[3].
  • nephew's instance of is recorded as kinship relation[4].
  • nephew is a type of niece or nephew[5].
  • nephew is a type of male relative[6].
  • nephew is the opposite of niece[7].
  • nephew is the opposite of uncle[8].
  • nephew is the opposite of aunt[9].
  • nephew's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • nephew's has characteristic is recorded as male[11].
  • nephew's different from is recorded as sororal niece or nephew[12].
  • nephew's different from is recorded as son's son[13].
  • nephew's kinship equivalent in SPARQL at Wikidata is recorded as ?person wdt:P3373/wdt:P40 ?relative . ?relative wdt:P21 wd:Q6581097[14].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include kinship[3] and kinship relation[4]. Recorded subclass of include niece or nephew[5] and male relative[6]. Recorded opposite of include niece[7], uncle[8], and aunt[9].

Influence

Things named for nephew include cardinal-nephew[15], a position[16].

Why It Matters

nephew draws 92 Wikipedia views per month (kinship category, ranking #28 of 57).[2] nephew has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] nephew is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Entities named for nephew include cardinal-nephew[15], a position[16].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . 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. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Subclass of
    Different from sororal niece or nephew, son's son
    Described by source Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P11473]]: 1063"
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