Definition of distant relatives in civil code

First, literally, close relatives are close relatives (generally referring to the same village or community), and distant relatives are distant relatives. Another meaning refers to blood relationship, that is, cousins within three generations are close relatives, and vice versa ~

However, in the civil code, distant relatives refer to several generations, and China's inheritance law stipulates that the scope of legal heirs is spouse, parents, children, brothers and sisters, grandparents and grandparents. Parental lines can be divided into different series: direct relatives and collateral relatives; Paternal parents and maternal parents; Male affinity and female affinity; Elder relatives, peer relatives, younger relatives. Affinity is the basic unit to calculate the distance of kinship. Less parents means close relatives, and more parents means far relatives. There are two methods to calculate the degree of kinship in modern foreign legislation: Roman law and temple law. Our country is different from it. The 50-year, 80-year marriage law and the revised marriage law all calculate the kinship by generation. In ancient China, the funeral system was used to calculate the kinship.

No matter what relatives they are, as long as they keep in touch and move around more, they will be very close, but even the best relatives will be unfamiliar if they don't move around often.