Article 57. Kinship

Persons born from one common third person (ancestor) shall be considered relatives. The kinship closeness between the two lineally-related persons shall be determined by the number of degrees, i.e., births.

Lineal kins shall be considered children in relation to parents - in the first degree of kinship, grandchildren to grandparents - in the second degree, great-grandchildren to great-grandparents - in the third degree of kinship, and so on.

Collateral relatives shall be brothers and sisters and their children; brothers and sisters of the father and mother and their children; brothers and sisters of the grandfather and grandmother and their children; and so on.

Lineal kins shall be considered closer than collateral relatives.

The number of degrees or births from one of these persons shall be taken into account in determining the closeness of kinship between two persons, without including the person himself/herself in the count.

The count shall be made up the straight line to their common person (ancestor) and down from him/her to the other of them.

Blood brothers and sisters shall be considered the second degree of kinship. Uncle and aunt and nephews shall be considered the third degree, while male and female cousins - in the fourth.