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Female relative who is sibling of one's parent
An aunt and her niece in Tigray , Ethiopia
Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (right) with her nephew Prince Pedro Augusto sitting on her lap. At left, Isabel's sister Princess Leopoldina holding her son Prince Augusto Leopoldo , c. 1868
An aunt is a woman who is a sibling of a parent or married to a sibling of a parent. Aunts who are related by birth are second-degree relatives. Alternate terms include auntie or aunty . Children in other cultures and families may refer to the cousins of their parents as aunt or uncle due to the age and generation gap. The word comes from Latin : amita via Old French ante and is a family relationship within an extended or immediate family.
The male counterpart of an aunt is an uncle , and the reciprocal relationship is that of a nephew or niece . The gender-neutral term pibling , a shortened form of parent's sibling , may refer to either an aunt or an uncle.[1]
Aunts by generation
Types
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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 [2] [3] or grandaunt [4] (sometimes written grand-aunt [5] ) is the sister of one's grandparent.
Genetics and consanguinity
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Aunts by birth (sister of a parent) are related to their nieces and nephews by 25%. As half-aunts are related through half-sisters, they are related by 12.5% to their nieces and nephews. Non-consanguineous aunts (female spouse of a relative) are not genetically related to their nieces and nephews.
Cultural variations
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In some cultures, such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia, respected senior members of the community, often also referred to as Elders , are addressed as "uncle " (for men) and "aunt" for women, as a mark of seniority and respect, whether related or not,[6] [7] such as Aunty Kathy Mills .[8]
In several cultures, no single inclusive term describing both a person's kinship to their parental female sibling or parental female in-law exists. Instead, there are specific terms describing a person's kinship to their mother's female sibling, and a person's kinship to their father's female sibling, per the following table:[citation needed ]
Terms for aunt
Language
Mother's sister
Father's sister
Albanian
teze
hallë
Kurdish
Xaltîk (IPA : xɑːltiːk )
Metik (IPA : mɛtɪk )
Arabic
خالة (khālah )
عمّة (ʿammah )
Assamese
Mahi
Pehi
Bengali
খালা (khala )
ফুফু (phuphu )
Hindi
Mausi
Bua
Korean
이모 (Imo )
고모 (Gomo )
Marathi
Mavashi
Aatya
Persian
(خاله)khaleh
(عمّه)ammeh
Polish
ciotka (diminutive: ciocia)
stryjna (diminutive: stryjenka)
Swedish
moster
faster
Turkish
teyze
hala
In popular culture
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Aunts in popular culture have not always been portrayed as positive roles. Childless aunts are often subjected to othering in popular culture and presented as exotic or as having a second-best role, with motherhood preferred.[9]
Aunt Flo is a popular euphemism referring to the menstrual cycle .
An agony aunt is a colloquial term for a female advice columnist .
Fictional aunts include:
Aunt Agatha and Aunt Dahlia , both aunts to Bertie Wooster in the Jeeves stories of P. G. Wodehouse : Aunt Agatha is haughty and fearsome, while Aunt Dahlia is more genial.
May Parker , the aunt of Spider-Man .
Eunice, the abusive aunt of Joker .
Auntie Mame , title character in the novel and film.
Petunia Dursley, the aunt of the protagonist of Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling .
Vivian Banks, the aunt of the main character in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air .
Aunt Sally, a character in the Worzel Gummidge books and TV series.
Auntie Em, the aunt of Dorothy Gale in the Oz books and film .
Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge, the villainous aunts of James Trotter in James and the Giant Peach .
Diane, the tomboyish aunt of Daniel in Chicago Party Aunt .
Karasu and Washi, the twin aunts of Kubo from Kubo And The 2 Strings .
See also
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References
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^ "Google Ngram Viewer of relative versions of name" . Google Ngram . Retrieved 24 April 2019 .
^ "Grandaunt definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary" . collinsdictionary.com . Retrieved 24 April 2019 .
^ "Definition of grand-aunt in English by Oxford Dictionaries" . oxforddictionaries.com . Archived from the original on April 24, 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019 .
^ "Communicating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Audiences" . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia) . 23 February 2016.
^ Browning, Daniel (14 September 2022). " 'I called him Uncle': Remembering iconic theatre great Uncle Jack Charles" . ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 16 September 2022 .
^ Mills, Aunty Kathy. "You belong to my heart" . Spun: True Stories Told in the Territory . Retrieved 16 September 2022 .
^ Jones, Anna. " 'Aunt with no kids': The women redefining family roles" . www.bbc.com . Retrieved 2021-12-13 .
External links
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The dictionary definition of aunt at Wiktionary
The dictionary definition of grandaunt at Wiktionary
The dictionary definition of great-aunt at Wiktionary
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aunt&oldid=1234645653 "
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