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Offline Fisherman

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FindMyPast has decided I'm a "Nibling" !!!
« on: Monday 07 August 23 20:29 BST (UK) »
Just been checking my relationship to others in my tree and discovered that I am a nibling. great nibling, g/great nibling and so on.
On checking I find that nibling is a gender neutral term for niece/nephew.  ::) ::)

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Re: FindMyPast has decided I'm a "Nibling" !!!
« Reply #1 on: Monday 07 August 23 21:22 BST (UK) »
I think some of this gender neutral stuff is going a bit too far.  Are they trying to make us non-persons?

Just browsing Google and I see that there is now a Joyfriend!

Below from Google:-

The term was created as a gender-neutral way to describe a non-binary significant other, replacing the “girl” in "girlfriend" and the “boy” in "boyfriend" with the word "joy." Other terms that have similar meaning are enbyfriend, theyfriend, datemate, partner, and significant other.

What on earth is an enbyfriend???  ???
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Southcott: Devon, China
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Re: FindMyPast has decided I'm a "Nibling" !!!
« Reply #2 on: Monday 07 August 23 21:42 BST (UK) »
If I find that a website had messed around like that with my tree, I shall remove it.

There has always been three genders, = male female and neutral  "it".   I refuse to be an "it"
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Re: FindMyPast has decided I'm a "Nibling" !!!
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 08 August 23 08:19 BST (UK) »
I have been bemused of late of seeing men described as widows rather than widowers. Is it just ignorance or an "official" merge, like actresses now being actors?
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Re: FindMyPast has decided I'm a "Nibling" !!!
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 08 August 23 09:38 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Girl Guide on Monday 07 August 23 21:22 BST (UK)
What on earth is an enbyfriend???  ???

Enbyfriend is another way of saying Non Binary partner. Enby being like 'NB' which is shorthand for Non Binary.

I quite like 'Niblings' for nieces and nephews, as it's a lot quicker to say. A bit like 'siblings' instead of brothers and sisters.
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Re: FindMyPast has decided I'm a "Nibling" !!!
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 08 August 23 09:43 BST (UK) »
Thank you Stanwix.  Call me old fashioned but I would prefer it if they stuck to clear names as opposed to these 'could be anything' names.

At the rate this is going we could all be nothings.  :(
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England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
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Re: FindMyPast has decided I'm a "Nibling" !!!
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 08 August 23 10:34 BST (UK) »
Nibling was coined in the 1950s, and is nothing to do with gender awareness. It strikes me as a pretty useful word, much like sibling or cousin.

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Re: FindMyPast has decided I'm a "Nibling" !!!
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 08 August 23 11:43 BST (UK) »
If FindMyPast are happy to call things what they want, presumable we can call them what we want?

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Re: FindMyPast has decided I'm a "Nibling" !!!
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 08 August 23 11:59 BST (UK) »
Are we still allowed to use NB for nota bene though? I apologize if anyone/person is offended or threatened by the use of a question mark and a full stop.
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