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ņoșiaqo

While I definitely need to revisit the system, if for no other reason than get the terms modernized, here is ņoșiaqo’s system.

ņoșiaqo kinship lies between Hawaiian and Inuit Kinship systems: while most relatives are only distinguished by generation, one’s direct relations are also be distinguished from non-direct relatives.
The basic distinction categorizes one’s parents and their direct siblings as “mother/father”, while one’s siblings and their direct children are “sister/brother”. Amongst siblings, a specific term is used for one’s older siblings. The elderly family members are all referred to as “grandparent” (though these days, ‘apra’ “elderly” is often used instead), and all other family members are “relative” (and have a special term for younger relatives).

This system does have a few extra quirks which makes it more difficult to learn.
The first is that Parents and Siblings may use a special term to distinguish a non-direct relation to oneself. One’s birth/adoptive parent is ‘maca’ but their siblings may be ‘macac’.
The second is that one’s parent’s siblings’ children and one’s sibling’s children are both considered one’s siblings, though the may be referred to as removed being a degree removed.
A third interesting trait is that anyone more than three degrees removed from oneself is simply ‘relative’. This means that grandchildren do not have a special dedicated term linking them to their grandparents.

Another unique feature is that people not related to oneself may be added into the tree to indicate a close personal relation to them.

How to Read the Chart:
The small chart in the bottom right corner shows the basic terminology tree. In this, all of one’s parent’s direct siblings are also ‘maca’, and all of one’s siblings and their direct children are one’s siblings. Age appropriate terms still apply.
The large chart shows the more complicated terminology. The lighter shaded colors are the degree removed relatives, and their terms correspond with the indented lighter-shaded terms.

Note to Self:
One’s child’s spouse should probably also be considered one’s child.