father's brother

male sibling of the subject's father
Thing kinship Q12158205
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father's brother

Summary

father's brother is a kinship[1]. It draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (kinship category, ranking #38 of 57).[2]

Key Facts

  • father's brother's instance of is recorded as kinship[3].
  • father's brother is a type of innate uncle[4].
  • father's brother is a type of father's sibling[5].
  • father's brother is a type of paternal uncle[6].
  • father's brother is a type of father or father's brother[7].
  • father's brother is a type of parallel uncle[8].
  • father's brother is a type of father's brother or stepfather[9].
  • father's brother is the opposite of mother's brother[10].
  • father's brother is the opposite of father's sister[11].
  • father's brother is the opposite of fraternal niece or nephew[12].
  • father's brother's has characteristic is recorded as male[13].
  • father's brother's different from is recorded as mother's brother[14].
  • father's brother's different from is recorded as parent's brother[15].
  • father's brother's kinship equivalent in SPARQL at Wikidata is recorded as ?person wdt:P22/wdt:P3373 ?relative . ?relative wdt:P21 wd:Q6581097[16].

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Definition and Type

father's brother's instance of is recorded as kinship[3]. Recorded subclass of include innate uncle[4], father's sibling[5], paternal uncle[6], father or it[7], parallel uncle[8], and it or stepfather[9]. Recorded opposite of include mother's brother[10], father's sister[11], and fraternal niece or nephew[12].

Why It Matters

father's brother draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (kinship category, ranking #38 of 57).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of innate uncle, father's sibling, paternal uncle +3
    Instance of kinship
    Subclass of
    Opposite of mother's brother, father's sister, fraternal niece or nephew
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25230, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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