Aunt

An aunt is a person who is the sister of a parent. Aunts are second-degree and share 25% genetic overlap when they are the full sister of one of the biological parents. Known alternate terms include Auntie or Aunty. A half-aunt is a half-sister of a parent and is a third-degree relative with 12.5% genetic overlap. An aunt-in-law is a wife of one's uncle, direct genetic overlap will typically be 0%, as this person entered the family through marriage and typically is not a blood relative. An aunt-in-law can also be an aunt of one's spouse.

An aunt and her niece in Tigray, Ethiopia.

The male counterpart of an aunt is an uncle, and the reciprocal relationship is that of a nephew or niece.

A great-aunt[1][2]/grandaunt[3] (sometimes written grand-aunt[4]) is the sister of one's grandparent.

See also
  • All pages with titles beginning with Aunt – includes many articles with titles "Aunt [name]."
  • Auntie (disambiguation) (also includes "Aunty")
  • Cousin

References
  1. "Definition of great-aunt in English by Oxford Dictionaries". oxforddictionaries.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  2. "Google Ngram Viewer of relative versions of name". Google Ngram. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  3. "Grandaunt definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary". collinsdictionary.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  4. "Definition of grand-aunt in English by Oxford Dictionaries". oxforddictionaries.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  • The dictionary definition of aunt at Wiktionary
  • The dictionary definition of grandaunt at Wiktionary
  • The dictionary definition of great-aunt at Wiktionary
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