Comments on: Chinese Family Tree

By: lya

lya — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:59:06 +0000

@Sia

I know I am half a year late, but, just in case there are others who are curious,

“what must my children call my mum in law’s younger brother’s son and daughter?”

Your mum-in-law’s younger brother’s son and daughter would be known to your wife as “表哥/表弟” and “表姐/表妹” depending on your wife’s age wrt them. So to your child, they are “表舅” and “表姨”.

By: 葛修远

葛修远 — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:57:56 +0000

Ah brilliant, I was wondering if somebody had made a pdf of this. Very useful, thanks. I imagine it took quite a while to produce?

By: Joanne

Joanne — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:47:18 +0000

Hi, how do you address my 小姑子(younger sister of my husband)husband?

By: Ieftin

Ieftin — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:46:56 +0000

This is a chance to learn come Chinese language. The pdf with the family tree seems to be very clear. I need to make a family tree as well. Could you told me what software do you use it to make this scheme ?

By: Sia

Sia — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:26:55 +0000

what must my children call my mum in law’s younger brother’s son and daughter? I need yr answer ASAP. Thks.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:55:40 +0000

Hey Albert Thanks for a useful article. I refer to it in a recent post entitled Why a meal is worth more to me than my grandmother. Greg

By: Franeela

Franeela — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:56:24 +0000

I would like to get the word to call mother’s younger siser.

By: gudong

gudong — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:23:41 +0000

Sorry for a mistake ,there is the correction:
堂=your father’s brother’s child.
表＝your father’s sister’s child（姑表）＋ your mother’s sister’s child（姨表）+your mother’s brother’s child（舅表）.

For example,姑表姐 is your father’s sister’s daughter older than you, 姨表弟 is your mother’s sister’s son younger than you.

By: gudong

gudong — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:17:33 +0000

The explain of 堂 and 表 in the family tree picture is inaccurate.
堂=your father’s brother’s child.
表＝your father’s sister’s child（姑表）＋ cousin of your mother’s side（姨表）.
For example,姑表姐 is your father’s sister’s daughter older than you, 姨表弟 is your mother’s brother’s/sister’s son younger than you.

some family numbers in-law:
岳父：father of my wife
岳母：mother of my wife
公公：father of my husband
婆婆：mother of my husband
大伯子：older brother of my husband
小叔子：younger brother of my husband
大姑子：older sister of my husband
小姑子：youner sister of my husband
大姨子：older sister of my wife
小姨子：younger sister of my wife
大舅子：older brother of my wife
小舅子：younger brother of my wife
连襟：husband of my wife’s sister
妯娌：wife of my husband’s brother

By: Yang

Yang — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:31:48 +0000

Is there a special term for cousins through a different concubine? My Grandfather had three daughters from first wife and my father was from first concubine. Is there a special term those mothers and for the children of those daughters to me? (They were from southern China.)