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Old 18-11-20, 13:15
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Default When is a nephew not a nephew?

When he's a grandson, of course mutter, mutter **&?!!**!

I've been looking at a very long will, wondering why so much is made of John Upton, only to realise that, as I read it more closely, that he was eldest son of the son. Oh joy.

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Old 18-11-20, 13:21
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I have come across niece used to mean any female relative, so nephew was probably the same for males.
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Old 18-11-20, 13:23
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Be thankful you aren't Italian, Phoenix!
The word "nipote" means a grandchild of either sex or a nephew/niece!
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Old 18-11-20, 13:27
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I've read through two wills this morning. The one where I already have the extended family gives every detail of the relationships including where the beneficiaries lived and most of their occupations. The other will, where I need the testator to have done the same, just says, I leave everything to my loving wife and if she is dec'd then split equally between my living children - no names for any of them! Great
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Don't you just hate it when that happens, Merry!

Back to the original post - I seem to remember coming across a record where a child's guardian was described as his uncle but was actually his grandfather.
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What is confusing is when in the same will a nephew or niece is called a cousin or cozen in a different sentence.
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Yes, cousin was also used to mean any kind of relative more distant than parent or sibling.
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