The title of clan relationship

Answer 1

The names of clan relationships were more complicated. The following were the common situations:

** 1. Immediate family member **
1. ** Elder **
- The father's father was called grandfather (grandfather, grandpa, etc.), the father's mother was called grandmother (mother-in-law, empress, etc.), and above that, the father's grandfather was called great-grandfather (great-grandfather, etc.), and the father's grandmother was called great-grandmother (great-grandmother, etc.).
- The mother's father was called maternal grandfather, and the mother's mother was called maternal grandmother.
- His biological father called him father (father, father, etc.), and his biological mother called him mother (mother, mother, etc.). If the stepfather was called the stepfather (late father, uncle, etc.), the stepmother was called the stepmother (late mother, en mother, etc.).
2. ** Peers **
- Between brothers and sisters, the elder can call him brother or sister, and the younger can call him by his name.
3. ** Junior **
- His sons and daughters were called grandsons and granddaughters, grandsons 'children were called great-grandchildren, and great-grandchildren' children were called great-great-grandchildren.

** 2. Collateral relatives **
1. ** Paternal Branch **
- The father's elder brother was called uncle (uncle, uncle, etc.), and the uncle's wife was called aunt (aunt, etc.); the father's younger brother was called uncle (uncle, uncle, etc.), and the uncle's wife was called aunt (aunt, aunt, etc.). Their children were cousins, and they addressed each other the same way as their brothers and sisters. When they were introduced to the outside world, they were addressed with the word "Tang".
- The father's sisters were called aunts (aunts, girls, etc.), the aunt's husband was called uncles (uncles, uncles, etc.), and the aunt's children were related to their own aunts, and they were called brothers, sisters, or sisters.
2. ** Matriarch's Branch **
- His mother's brother was called uncle (uncle, uncle, etc.), his uncle's wife was called aunt (aunt, uncle's mother, etc.), and his uncle's children were his uncle's cousins. They were called brother, brother, sister, or sister.
- The mother's sister was called aunt (aunt, aunt, etc.), the aunt's husband was called uncle (uncle, uncle, etc.), and the aunt's children were related to their own aunt, and they were called brother, brother, sister, or sister.

** 3. Affinity **
1. ** Husband **
- The husband's father was called father-in-law (also called father), and the husband's mother was called mother-in-law (also called mother).
- The husband's brother was called uncle (in the past, he was called uncle with his children, but today he was called brother with his husband, or called his brother by his name), and the husband's brother's spouse was called sister-in-law (in the past, he was called with his children, but now he was called sister, or called his name).
- Her husband's sisters were called sisters-in-law (her husband's elder sister) and sisters-in-law (her husband's younger sister).
2. ** Wife **
- The wife's father was called father-in-law, and the wife's mother was called mother-in-law.
- The wife's brother is called the inner brother (face to face called with the wife's brother, uncle, etc.), the wife's brother's spouse is called the inner brother's sister-in-law, the inner sister-in-law.
- The wife's sister was called the sister (in person), and the husband of the wife's sister was called the brother-in-law (in person).

In the clan, the elders could be called by their generation + name + uncle (male); the elders could be called by their generation + name + grandfather; the younger generation could be called elders, such as clan leader, clan relatives, and senior generation; the same generation could be called like their own brothers and sisters. If the younger elders called the older generation, those with titles called their titles, and those without titles called their names + clansmen; If the elders called the younger generation of the same age or younger than them without titles, they called their names.