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Daughter

Kinship Institutions

A daughter is a female offspring, a girl or woman in relation to her parents; the male counterpart is a son. Daughterhood is the state, condition, or quality of being someone's daughter, and from a biological perspective a daughter is a first-degree relative. The term is also used more broadly to describe a female descendant or, as a term of endearment, from an elder to a younger woman. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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