How many nieces and nephews?

[wally world]

So swan recently updated his thread on becoming an uncle again (congrats, by the way). But I was just thinking that the niece/nephew thing wore off on me awhile ago. I won't have any more (I think) as most of my siblings and definitely my wife's siblings are all done with their baby-making as far as I know.

So how many nieces and nephews do people have? I'm sure I have more than most, but I'm curious how much of an outlier I might be.

[Buru Buru]

zero

[DeepPurple]

21

[Anitha Desai]

I have two nephews. My husband has one. And we have a son. All boys in the family.

[Browncoat]

Sixteen on my side. Three more by marriage.

[Lucy]

2-3

[MathGuy]

My wife and I have 15 brothers and sisters between us. My unofficial count is 20 nieces and nephews.

[MG]

zero

Ditto. (And I have a sister and 3 female cousins, all of us are child-bearing age.)

[Kool-Aid Man]

11

[soyleche]

I have 2 older brothers and 2 younger sisters. Only my brothers have kids so far (one sister is looking into adopting, the other isn't married yet.

One brother has 5 kids, the other has 4. I have 2.

On my wife's side, 4 brothers, 1 sister. Oldest brother has 2, next is looking into adopting, next has 2 and the last has 1. Sister just recently married.

So... 14 total. (remarkably - exactly 7 boys and 7 girls :tfh: My 2 boys throw that out of whack though).

[Chillax]

5

[Paul Blart]

1 niece, 1 nephew

[SamTheEagle]

1 niece through my wife's brother. I have a recently married younger brother and my wife has 8 younger siblings, the youngest of which is 5, so there will undoubtedly be many more added over the next 30 years.

[Pills]

1 of each via my brother.

My wife's brothers have two sons total, but there will likely be more.

[ldancer911]

2 nieces from my wife's sister. Third on the way from them.

I have a younger sister (engaged), and older brother (single). Best chance of children from the three on my side is probably my brother.

[Keep It Real, Yo]

36 on my side, 2 on my wife's side

[MountainGirl]

just one.

[Descalzo]

60. I think. 27 on my side, 33 on my wife's side. I may be a little off. Wouldn't this be more interesting as a poll?

[Quasi]

9

[ThatGuy]

I have zero :(. Are more nieces and nephews generally considered a good thing?

[Chief Petosky]

16 total nephews and nieces (plus one grand-nephew)

10 on my side: 5 nephews, 5 nieces
6 on my wife's side: 5 nephews, 1 niece

[Bison]

Zero

[Saint Kepler]

My older sister has a boy and a girl.

My brother has 0 kids.

My younger sister has 1 step-son.

My SIL has 2 boys and 2 girls.

My other SIL is in the process of adopting a boy.

So 4 nephews (one more soon) and 3 neices.

[Hero3128]

4 nieces, one nephew

[Keep It Real, Yo]

16 total nephews and nieces (plus one grand-nephew)

10 on my side: 5 nephews, 5 nieces
6 on my wife's side: 5 nephews, 1 niece

I believe the term is "great-nephew"

[crabber]

6 so far, but I am the oldest of six so that number is sure to start climbing

[Saint Kepler]

I believe the term is "great-nephew"

I have seen both used. The trend seems to be that it's changing from great to grand when separated by two generations. I prefer to use grand since it conforms to the grandparent/child pattern.

[soyleche]

I have zero :(. Are more nieces and nephews generally considered a good thing?

Having a couple is fun - you get to be enjoy being hte fun uncle/aunt without having much responsibility for them.

That benefit doesn't increase much with the number of neices/nephews though.

[Buru Buru]

Having a couple is fun - you get to be enjoy being hte fun uncle/aunt without having much responsibility for them.

That benefit doesn't increase much with the number of neices/nephews though.
I'm trying to convince my sister to get knocked up already, since someone has to give my mother grandkids and I'm not doing it. She's not cooperating.

[Lucy]

I have seen both used. The trend seems to be that it's changing from great to grand when separated by two generations. I prefer to use grand since it conforms to the grandparent/child pattern.Hmmm, I've always seen "great" when used for any relative other than "grandparent". So, great aunt, great nephew, great grandparent. I think of "grandparent" as the outlier, and "great" as conforming to the general pattern, even the pattern used in "great grandmother".

Then there are the cousins who are "removed".

[Whiskey]

I have seen both used. The trend seems to be that it's changing from great to grand when separated by two generations. I prefer to use grand since it conforms to the grandparent/child pattern.

Wouldn't it be more appropriate to conform to the Great-aunt/uncle system? Or are people changing that to grand-aunt/uncle now? :shake:

[Whiskey]

5 nephews
6 nieces
1 great-nephew (deceased)

2 siblings have nit breed yet. The oldest will not, she prefers papillons to humans after being the oldest of 7 kids. And the youngest brother is still trying to figure out women. So there might be more from him.

[Chief Petosky]

Hmmm, I've always seen "great" when used for any relative other than "grandparent". So, great aunt, great nephew, great grandparent. I think of "grandparent" as the outlier, and "great" as conforming to the general pattern, even the pattern used in "great grandmother".

Then there are the cousins who are "removed".Okay then, one great nephew. Wikipedia agrees with you:

Great-nephew – son of one's nephew/niece, grandson of one's sister/brother.
Great-niece – daughter of one's nephew/niece, granddaughter of one's sister/brother.

[Chief Petosky]

Hmmm, I've always seen "great" when used for any relative other than "grandparent". So, great aunt, great nephew, great grandparent. I think of "grandparent" as the outlier, and "great" as conforming to the general pattern, even the pattern used in "great grandmother".

Then there are the cousins who are "removed".Okay then, one great nephew. Wikipedia agrees with you:

Great-nephew – son of one's nephew/niece, grandson of one's sister/brother.
Great-niece – daughter of one's nephew/niece, granddaughter of one's sister/brother.

Bolded is my case.

[Sophia Petrillo]

The oldest will not, she prefers papillons to humans after being the oldest of 7 kids.

:iatp: Yap!

[soyleche]

Hmmm, I've always seen "great" when used for any relative other than "grandparent". So, great aunt, great nephew, great grandparent. I think of "grandparent" as the outlier, and "great" as conforming to the general pattern, even the pattern used in "great grandmother".

Then there are the cousins who are "removed".

It gets confusing when your great grandmother's sister is your great-great aunt, but I guess nobody cares about their great-great aunt anyway.

It took me a long time to figure out the "removed" thing. I think I've got it down now though.

[Buru Buru]

the removed thing vs 2nd and 3rd etc thing for cousins isn't that difficult. people make it difficult by screwing it up.

[yoyo]

42

[ShakeNBakes]

My sister has 1 son with a 2nd one due in December. My wife's siblings are both ~20 years old and unmarried. Might have a few more coming from that side.

[notreallyme]

This Thread is worthless wothout a poll.

Zero and always will be zero.

[Vorian Atreides]

6 nephlings.

[Vorian Atreides]

5 nephews
6 nieces
1 great-nephew (deceased)

2 siblings have nit breed yet. The oldest will not, she prefers papillons to humans after being the oldest of 7 kids. And the youngest brother is still trying to figure out women. So there might be more from him.
That can't be good. :yikes:

[crabber]

Having a couple is fun - you get to be enjoy being hte fun uncle/aunt without having much responsibility for them.

That benefit doesn't increase much with the number of neices/nephews though.

Christmas becomes a problem when you are in a tight family and have more than one or two nieces and nephews. I have to buy presents for all six every year, plus my in-laws adopted two young children, so it's like having eight. I am sure families with 15+ nieces/nephews have some sort of system worked out to keep things under control.

[LoneGirl]

Christmas becomes a problem when you are in a tight family and have more than one or two nieces and nephews. I have to buy presents for all six every year, plus my in-laws adopted two young children, so it's like having eight. I am sure families with 15+ nieces/nephews have some sort of system worked out to keep things under control.

My family implemented a system where we draw names and only buy for those people because the number of nieces and nephews in my generation was 9, then once all of those started having children it got out of control.

To answer the original question, I have 2.

[Swan]

So swan recently updated his thread on becoming an uncle again (congrats, by the way).
Thanks, wally.

But the appropriate place for that would have been that thread. :judge:

:D

[Loner]

Ditto. (And I have a sister and 3 female cousins, all of us are child-bearing age.)

Your first cousin's child is not your niece or nephew, but your first cousin once removed. (In some families the younger might call the older cousin "aunt/uncle" but that's not what they actually are.)

[QMO]

Not counting my 5, the deceased niece nor children from the remarried widow of my bil,
13 on my wife's side, 24 on mine.

total: 37 (I think)

[Vorian Atreides]

Not counting my 5, the deceased niece nor children from the remarried widow of my bil,
13 on my wife's side, 24 on mine.

total: 37 (I think)
[thinking hard to track the sequence] So, what does that make us? [/]

[otley]

5...4 nieces, 1 nephew.

[Actuary321]

60. I think. 27 on my side, 33 on my wife's side. I may be a little off. Wouldn't this be more interesting as a poll?That is pretty good. Those are direct nieces and nephews not counting your children or great's?

I have 39 direct (4 are adopted though), 19 on my side 20 on my wife's side with 23 nephews and 16 nieces. Currently 13 of which are not married.

60 great's, 56 direct and 4 steps, none adopted.

I have 4 kids and no grandkids yet.

My family implemented a system where we draw names and only buy for those people because the number of nieces and nephews in my generation was 9, then once all of those started having children it got out of control.

To answer the original question, I have 2.My wife's family finally broke things into 3 groups. Couples, teen-adult non-married, under teen. You bring one gift for each category you have a part in.

[Cootie]

4 from my sister; 1 from my sister-in-law

[Saint Kepler]

Hmmm, I've always seen "great" when used for any relative other than "grandparent". So, great aunt, great nephew, great grandparent. I think of "grandparent" as the outlier, and "great" as conforming to the general pattern, even the pattern used in "great grandmother".

Then there are the cousins who are "removed".

That's the way I heard it most of my life. From what I have seen the geneologist community is now using the grand-aunt/uncle terminology for your grandparents siblingsand grand-niece/nephew going the other way. I think it makes more and prefer that usage.

However, the general population still uses great instead of grand in most cases.

[wally world]

Wow...I thought I had quite a few, but there are some much larger families out there I guess. I have 17. 9 from my side. 8 from the wife's. 9 nieces, 8 nephews.

[MightySchoop]

1 nephew on my side. 1 step-nephew and two adoptees on the wife's side.

[annabel lee]

7.5

[Swan]

7.5
:clap:

I predict an "annabel is an aunt, not once, not twice... but eight times" thread coming up in about 4.5 months. :popcorn:

[KandaBer]

10 on my side (7 nephews, 3 nieces)

2 on my wife's (one of each)

Still waiting for three siblings (one of mine, two of hers) to get married.

[QMO]

[thinking hard to track the sequence] So, what does that make us? [/]"Absolutely nothing"
(Did I get it right?)

[Vorian Atreides]

"Absolutely nothing"
(Did I get it right?)
:clap: :tup:

[Loner]

6 nieces, 3 nephews, plus one step-nephew who is only two years younger than me.