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j 75. / 'eculiarities of the Charts. — The most remote; ancestors are called 

 grandfathers and grandmothers, and the most remote descendant is ad- 

 dressed or spoken of as a grandchild. 



My brother's children (male speaking) are my children, because their 



mother | y ) can become my wife on the death of their lather. My 

 brother's son (1) and daughter (/ ), female speaking, are my nephews 

 and nieces. A man calls his sister's children his nephews and nieces (G 

 and ^ ), and they do not belong to his gens. 



A woman calls her sister's children her own children, as their father 

 can be her husband. (See "c") My mother's brother's son (m. orf.sp.) 

 is my mother's brother (H), because his sister {(^f) can be my father's 

 wife. The son of an "H"is always an " IT" and his sisters and daugh- 

 ters are always "^^"s." The children of ^pfs are always brothers 

 and sisters to Ego (in. or f.), as are the children of A's. The husband of 

 my father's sister (m. sp.) is my brother-in-law (a) because he can marry 

 my sister (fi or ((£t~), and their children are my sister's children (G 

 •and " . .V brother of the real or potential wife of a grandfather is 



also a grandfather of Ego (m. or f.). The niece of the real or potential 

 wife of my grandfather (m. or f. sp.) is his potential wife and my grand 

 mother, so her brother is my grandfather. 



§ 76. From these examples and from others found in the charts, it is 



plain that the kinship terms are used with considerable latitude, and not 



employ them. Whether Ego be a male or female, I call all men 



hers whom my father calls his brothers or whom my mother calls 



itential husbands. I call all women my mothers whom my mother 



c.ills her sistei-s, aunts, or nieces, or whom my father calls his potential 



wives. 



I call all men brothers who are the sons of such fathers or inothe s, 

 and their sisters are my sisters. I call all men my grandfathers who 

 are the fathers or grandfathers of my fathers or mothers, or whom my 

 fathers or mothers call their mothers' brothers. I call all women my 

 grandmothers who are the real or potential wives of my grandfathers, 

 or who are the mothers or grandmothers of my fathers or mothers, or 

 whom my fathers or mothers call their fathers' sisters. 



I, a male, call all males my sons who are the sons of my brothers or 

 of my potential wives, and the sisters of those sons are my daughters. 

 I, a female, call those males my nephews who are the sons of my 

 brothers, and the daughters of my brothers are my nieces ; but my sis- 

 ter's children are my children as their father is my potential or actual 

 husband. I, a male, call my sister's son my nephew, and her daughter 

 is my niece. I, a male or female, call all males and females my grand- 

 children who are the children of my sons, daughters, nephews, or nieces. 

 I, a male or female, call all men my uncles whom my mothers call their 

 brothers. And my aunts are all females who are my fathers' sisters as 

 well as those who are the wives of my uncles. But my father's sisters' 

 husbands, I being a male, are my brothers-in-law, being the potential 



