Uncle: Difference between revisions

* A '''great-uncle'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of great-uncle in English by Oxford Dictionaries |url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/great-uncle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112704/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/great-uncle |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 24, 2019 |website=oxforddictionaries.com |access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google Ngram Viewer of relative versions of name |url=https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=%5Bgreat+-+uncle555%5D%2Cgreat+uncle%2C%5Bgrand+-+uncle%5D%2Cgranduncle%2Cgreatuncle%2Cgrand+uncle&case_insensitive=on&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=10&share=&direct_url=t4%3B%2C%5Bgreat%20-%20uncle%5D%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bgreat%20-%20uncle%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BGreat%20-%20uncle%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BGreat%20-%20Uncle%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Cgreat%20uncle%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bgreat%20uncle%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BGreat%20Uncle%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bgreat%20Uncle%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BGreat%20uncle%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2C%5Bgrand%20-%20uncle%5D%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bgrand%20-%20uncle%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BGrand%20-%20uncle%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Cgranduncle%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bgranduncle%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BGranduncle%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Cgreatuncle%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bgreatuncle%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BGreatuncle%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BGreatUncle%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Cgrand%20uncle%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bgrand%20uncle%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BGrand%20Uncle%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BGrand%20uncle%3B%2Cc0 |website=Google Ngram |access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref>/'''granduncle'''<ref>{{Cite CD.com|granduncle|access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref>/'''grand-uncle'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of grand-uncle in English by Oxford Dictionaries |url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/grand-uncle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112647/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/grand-uncle |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 24, 2019 |website=oxforddictionaries.com |access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref> is the brother of one's grandparent.

 

Uncles by birth (brother of a parent) are [[coefficient of relationship|related]] to their nieces and nephews by 25%.

As half-uncles are related through half brothers, they are related by 12.5%.