Chinese Kinship - Distant Relations

Distant Relations

Other than some of the relations mentioned in the previous sections that are not covered under the five degrees of mourning attire, the following are kin that are also considered distant.

  • (外)來孫 - great-great-great-grandchildren
  • (外)昆孫 - great-great-great-great-grandchildren
  • (外)仍孫 - great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren
  • (外)雲孫 - great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren
  • (外)耳孫 - great--great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren

外 - prefix for maternal line relations; essentially anyone not sharing the same surname as ego

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Famous quotes related to distant relations:

    Our actual Friends are but distant relations of those to whom we are pledged.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)