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Article 726Determining Degrees of Kinship

第七百二十六条(親等の計算)

The degree of kinship between two relatives is determined by counting the number of generations between them.

親等は、親族間の世代数を数えて、これを定める。

The degree of kinship between collateral relatives is determined by the number of generations between a person or that person's spouse and the common ancestor shared with another person, plus the number of generations back down to that other person.

傍系親族の親等を定めるには、その一人又はその配偶者から同一の祖先にさかのぼり、その祖先から他の一人に下るまでの世代数による。

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