maternal aunt
Mom's female sibling
A maternal aunt is one's mother's sister.
The term distinguishes her from a paternal aunt (father's sister).
In many cultures, maternal and paternal relatives carry different social roles or inheritance rights, making the distinction meaningful: My maternal aunt raised me after my mother died.
- femaleOffspring-bearing sex
- relativeConnected by blood
- blood relativeFamily by biological descent
- matronlyLike a dowager
- kinBlood-connected people
family · family tree · extended family · niece · bonding · nurturer · nephew · kinship · family bond · guidance · sister · protection · caregiver · uncle · love · mentor · trust · guardian
- aunts and unclespaternal uncle, great-uncle, step-uncle
- family membersfather, sister, brother, son, daughter
- relativesfather, sister, brother, uncle, cousin
- extended familyuncle, grandparents, grandparent, great uncle, grandma
- female relativesdaughter, sister, grandmother, niece, granddaughter
- Islamic familyumm, ab, bint, household, birr
parental lineage
maternal auntpaternal aunt
Father's side relative
paternal grandmother · paternal uncle · paternal grandfather
maternal, aunt, maternity, maternally, matriarch, matriarchy, matriarchal, matrix, matriculate