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  2. Eight Cousins - Wikipedia

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    It is the story of Rose Campbell, who has been recently orphaned and resides with her maiden great aunts, the matriarchs of her wealthy family near Boston, [3] until her guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad to take over her care. Through his unorthodox theories about child-rearing, she becomes happier and healthier while finding her place ...

  3. Extended family - Wikipedia

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    Particularly in working-class communities, grown children tend to establish their own households within the same general area as their parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. These extended family members tend to gather often for family events and to feel responsible for helping and supporting one another, both emotionally and financially. [6]

  4. Kinship - Wikipedia

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    Here the relation of siblings is expressed as the composition P T P of the parent relation with its inverse. The relation of grandparent is the composition of the parent relation with itself: G = PP. An uncle or aunt is the sibling of a parent, (P T P)P, which can also be interpreted as the child of a grandparent, P T (PP).

  5. My Great Aunt's Message Reminded Me Just How Far ... - AOL

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    Every woman needs to read it. My great aunt with one of her four boys in 1961. Courtesy I’m the proud daughter of a working mom. She is the proud daughter of a working mom. Though I never knew ...

  6. Niece and nephew - Wikipedia

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    Also called great-nephew / great-niece. [21] A half-niece or half-nephew is the child of one's half-sibling, related by 12.5%. [22] [23] In some cultures and family traditions, it is common to refer to cousins with one or more removals to a newer generation using some form of the word niece or nephew. For more information see cousin.

  7. Irish kinship - Wikipedia

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    This effectively means the cousin of a parent is called an aunt or uncle, while those who are aged or in their senior years (aunts or uncles of a parent, or cousins of a grandparent) are termed Seanaintin and Seanuncail (great aunt and great uncle). Using this system, the children of cousins in a person’s own generation (however distant) are ...

  8. Immediate family - Wikipedia

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    A travel insurance policy which covers curtailment due to the death or illness of a member of the policy-holder's "immediate family" uses a wide definition but adds residential requirements: "Immediate Family is your Partner, and: parents, children, stepchildren, fostered or adopted children, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews ...

  9. Aunt - Wikipedia

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    A half-aunt is a half-sister of a parent. A maternal aunt is the sister of one's mother. A paternal aunt is the sister of one's father. An aunt-in-law is the aunt of one's spouse. A parent's first cousin may be called a second aunt. A great-aunt [3] [4] or grandaunt [5] (sometimes written grand-aunt [6]) is the sister of one's grandparent.