maternal uncle
Mom's male sibling
A maternal uncle is one's mother's brother.
The term distinguishes him from a paternal uncle (father's brother) in contexts where the distinction matters—inheritance laws, family trees, or cultures where maternal and paternal relatives have different roles and obligations: In some societies, a maternal uncle has special responsibilities for his sister's children.
- relativeConnected by blood
- blood relativeFamily by biological descent
- familyRelated people together
- extended familyRelatives beyond parents, siblings
- family treeChart of ancestors
mother's side · maternity · brother · mother · consanguinity · kinship · clan mothers · kin · inheritance patterns · niece · clan system · wedding · family gatherings · blood · lineage · household · gifts · sibling
- aunts and unclespaternal aunt, great-aunt, step-aunt
- family membersmother, father, sister, brother, son
- relativesmother, father, sister, brother, aunt
- extended familyaunt, grandparents, grandparent, great aunt, grandma
- matrilineal kinshipmother's line, female lineage, clan mother, female line, clan mothers
uncle, maternal, uncles, matriarch, avuncular, matriarchy, matriarchal, mater, matrilineal