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In Chinese culture, your male line ancestry matter more. Your mother's family is considered auxiliary ('外家'), thus only your father's brother's children are con
by helloviper 7y ago
In Chinese culture, your male line ancestry matter more. Your mother's family is considered auxiliary ('外家'), thus only your father's brother's children are considered in the same family, and these cousins are labeled “堂”, all the other cousins are labeled "表”, and "姐" means older sister.
- NamTaf 7y agoIs this why it is a mother's sibling of any gender, but only a father's sister?
- masklinn 7y agoThat's my understanding, a difference is made between paternal lineages (through the father's brothers) and maternal (either father's sister or any sibling of the mother). Possibly denoting similar v different family names?