Larger Extended Family and Terminology
This section covers members and their spouses found beyond the first nine corner cells on the table of consanguinity or cousin chart. Although some of the relations seem distant, they are considered close relatives and it is common for Chinese families to have regular contact with these members.
| Extended family | ||||
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| Relation | Term | Vocative or Address | English equivalent | Degree of mourning (duration) |
| paternal (maternal) grandfather's older (younger) brother | (外)伯(叔)祖父 | (外)伯(叔)公 | granduncle | paternal: 4 maternal: 0 |
| - wife | (外)伯(嬸)祖母 | (外)伯(嬸)婆 | grandaunt | paternal: 4 maternal: 0 |
| paternal (maternal) grandfather's sister | (外)姑祖母 | (外)姑婆; (外)從祖姑 | grandaunt | paternal: 4; 5 if married maternal: 0 |
| - husband | (外)姑祖父 | (外)姑公; (外)丈公 | granduncle | 0 |
| paternal (maternal) grandmother's brother | (外)舅祖父 | (外)舅公 | granduncle | 0 |
| - wife | (外)舅祖母 | (外)舅婆 | grandaunt | 0 |
| paternal (maternal) grandmother's sister | (外)姨祖母 | (外)姨婆 | grandaunt | 0 |
| - husband | (外)姨祖父 | (外)姨公 | granduncle | 0 |
| paternal (maternal) great-grandparent | (外)曾祖父母 | (外)太公/婆 | great-grandparent | paternal: 2 (5 months) maternal: 0 |
| paternal (maternal) great-grandfather's older (younger) brother | (外)族曾祖父 | (外)曾伯(叔)祖父;(外)太伯(叔)公 | great-granduncle | paternal: 5 maternal: 0 |
| - wife | (外)族曾祖母 | (外)太伯(嬸)婆; (外)太伯(嬸)婆 | great-grandaunt | paternal: 5 maternal: 0 |
| paternal (maternal) great-grandfather's sister | (外)族曾祖姑 | (外)曾祖姑 | great-grandaunt | paternal: 5; 0 if married maternal: 0 |
| paternal (maternal) great-great-grandparent | (外)高祖父母 | great-great-grandparent | paternal: 2 (3 months) maternal: 0 |
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| son of brother's son (daughter) | (外)姪孫兒 | grandnephew | 2 (1 year) maternal: 0 |
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| - wife | (外)姪孫媳 | grandniece in-law | 5 maternal:0 |
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| daughter of brother's son (daughter) | (外)姪孫女 | grandniece | 2 (1 year); 3 if married maternal: 0 |
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| sister's grandchildren | 外甥孫兒女 | grandnephew; grandniece | 0 | |
| children of son's son | 曾孫兒女 | great-grandchildren | male: 5; female:0 | |
| all other great-grandchildren | 外曾孫兒女 | great-grandchildren | 0 | |
| children of son's son's son | 玄孫兒女 | 元孫兒女 | great-great-grandchildren | male: 5; female:0 |
| all other great-great-grandchildren | 外玄孫兒女 | 外元孫兒女 | great-great-grandchildren | 0 |
| grandson of brother's son (daughter) | (外)姪曾孫兒 | great-grandnephew | 5; maternal: 0 | |
| granddaughter of brother's son (daughter) | (外)姪曾孫女 | great-grandniece | 5; maternal: 0 | |
| sister's great-grandchildren | 外甥曾孫兒女 | great-grandnephew; great-grandniece | 0 | |
| First cousins | ||||
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| Relation | Term | English equivalent | Degree of mourning (duration) | |
| children of father's brother's son | 堂姪兒女 | first cousin once removed | ||
| all other grandchildren of father's sibling | 表姪兒女 | " | ||
| grandchildren of mother's sibling | 表甥兒女 | " | ||
| son of paternal grandfather's brother who is older than ego's father | 堂伯 | " | ||
| son of paternal grandfather's brother who is younger than ego's father | 堂叔 | " | ||
| daughter of paternal grandfather's brother | 堂姑 | " | ||
| son of maternal grandfather's brother | 堂舅 | " | ||
| daughter of maternal grandfather's brother | 堂姨 | " | ||
| son of paternal grandfather's sister who is older than ego's father | 表伯 | " | ||
| son of paternal grandmother's sibling who is older than ego's father | 表伯 | " | ||
| son of paternal grandfather's sister who is younger than ego's father | 表叔 | " | ||
| son of paternal grandmother's sibling who is younger than ego's father | 表叔 | " | ||
| daughter of paternal grandfather's sister | 表姑 | " | ||
| daughter of paternal grandmother's sibling | 表姑 | " | ||
| son of maternal grandfather's sister | 表舅 | " | ||
| son of maternal grandmother's sibling | 表舅 | " | ||
| daughter of maternal grandfather's sister | 表姨 | " | ||
| daughter of maternal grandmother's sibling | 表姨 | " | ||
| son of paternal (maternal) great-grandfather's brother who is older than ego's grandfather | (外)族伯祖父 | first cousin twice removed | ||
| son of paternal (maternal) great-grandfather's brother who is younger than ego's grandfather | (外)族叔祖父 | " | ||
| daughter of paternal great-grandfather's brother | (外)族祖姑 | " | ||
| children of father's brother's son's son | 堂姪孫兒女 | |||
| all other great-grandchildren of parent's sibling | 表姪孫兒女 | " | ||
| Second cousins | ||||
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| Relation | Term | Vocative or Address | English equivalent | Degree of mourning (duration) |
| grandson of paternal grandfather's brother older than ego | 再從兄 | second cousin | 4 | |
| grandson of paternal grandfather's brother younger than ego | 再從弟 | " | 4 | |
| granddaughter of paternal grandfather's brother older than ego | 再從姐 | " | 4; 5 if married | |
| granddaughter of paternal grandfather's brother younger than ego | 再從妹 | " | 4; 5 if married | |
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| Third cousins | ||||
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| Relation | Term | Vocative or Address | English equivalent | Degree of mourning (duration) |
| great-grandson of paternal great-grandfather's brother older than ego | 族兄 | 三從兄 | third cousin | 5 |
| great-grandson of paternal great-grandfather's brother younger than ego | 族弟 | 三從弟 | " | 5 |
| great-granddaughter of paternal great-grandfather's brother older than ego | 族姐 | 三從姐 | " | 5; 0 if married |
| great-granddaughter of paternal great-grandfather's brother younger than ego | 族妹 | 三從妹 | " | 5; 0 if married |
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