Family relations in Themiclesia

Themiclesians have traditionally used a variant of the Sudanese kinship system to identify and categorize consanguinous and marital relatives in relation to oneself. Under this system, individuals distinguish distinguish their paternal and maternal relatives for not only one's generation, but also the previous generation(s).

Please note the list of terms in this page only represent accustomed terms to specify these relationships; in practice, some of these terms are so rarely used that individuals are more likely to explain the relationship directly.

Consanguinous relations

Paternal

Parent:

• 父 (pja′), ~ father.

Grandparents:

• 祖 (dadh-pja′), ~ father's father.
• 妣 (dadh-me′), ~ father's mother.

Great-grandparents:

• 毓祖 (lok-dadh-pja′), ~ father's father's father.
• 毓妣 (lok-dadh-me′), ~ father's father's mother.
• 王大父 (gwjang-dadh-pja′), ~ father's mother's father.
• 王大母 (gwjang-dadh-me′), ~ father's mother's mother.

Great-great-grandparents:

• 高祖 (kaw-pja′), ~ father's father's father's father.
• 高妣 (kaw-me′), ~ father's father's father's mother.
• 族高父 (dzjok-kaw-pja′), ~ father's father's mother's father.
• 族高母 (dzjok-kaw-me′), ~ father's father's mother's mother.
• 內高父 (nubh-kaw-pja′), ~ father's mother's father's father.
• 內高母 (nubh-kaw-me′), ~ father's mother's father's mother.
• 表高父 (prew-kaw-pja′), ~ father's mother's mother's father.
• 表高母 (prew-kaw-me′), ~ father's mother's mother's mother.

Maternal

Parent:

• 母 (me′), ~ mother.

Grandparents and above:

• Same as father's side, but prefixed with 外 (ngwad, "external").

Sibling

• 兄 (hrjwang), ~ elder brother.
• 弟 (dei′), ~ younger brother.
• 姊 (tsjei′), ~ elder sister.
• 妹 (mod), ~ younger sister.

Filial

Children:

• 子 (tsje′), ~ son or daughter.

Grandchildren:

• 孫 (sen), ~ son's son or daughter.
• 外孫 (ngwadh-sen), ~ daughter's son or daughter.

Parents' siblings

Parents' siblings:

• 伯父, father's brother; if multiple, the eldest is 仲父, the next 季父, and the youngest 叔父.
• 姑母, father's sister.
• 舅父, mother's brother; if multiple, the prefixes are applied as with father's brothers.
• 姨母, mother's sister.

Paternal grandparents' siblings:

• 伯大父, paternal grandfather's brother.
• 姑大母, paternal grandfather's sister.
• 舅大父 paternal grandmother's brother.
• 姨大母 paternal grandmother's sister.

Maternal grandparents' siblings:

• Same as father's side, but prefixed with 外 (ngwad, "external").

Cousins

Shared grandparent:

• 從兄 (dzung-hrjwang), father's brothers' children.
• 內表兄 (), father's sisters' children.
• 表兄 (), mother's brothers' children.
• 外表兄 (), mother's sisters' children.

Shared great-grandparent:

• 再從兄, paternal grandfather's brothers' sons' children.
• 再從內兄, paternal grandfather's brothers' daughters' children.
• 再從表兄, paternal grandfather's sisters' sons' children.
• 再從外兄, paternal grandfather's sisters' daughters' children.
• 再表兄 paternal grandmother's brothers' sons' children.
• 再表外兄 paternal grandmother's brothers' daughters' children.
• 再姨表兄 paternal grandmother's sisters' sons' children.
• 再姨外兄 paternal grandmother's sisters' daughters' children.
• Maternal grandparents' children are similarly named but prefixed with 外 (ngwadh, "external").

Shared great-grandparent, up to six generations:

• 族兄, shared paternal parent.
• 外族兄, shared maternal parent.