User:Icemandeaf/glossary

This is a glossary of how family relations within The Genesis Project are identified. Some words are very similar to how such family relations are normally identified, while others have entirely new words due to the unusual nature of a single-gender community. There is also a generic family tree below to help illustrate the relations as well.


 *  - The Sim who gave birth.
 * damed - To give birth to a Sim.
 * sire - The Sim who got the dam pregnant.
 * sired - To get a Sim pregnant.
 * granddam - The Sim damed the dam.
 * siredam - The Sim who sired the dam.
 * damsire - The Sim who damed the sire.
 * grandsire - The Sim who sired the sire.
 * son - A Sim who is a child. Damed or sired may be used to specify how the son is related.
 * grandson - A Sim who is a son of a child.
 * sibling - A Sim who who shares at least one parent.
 * uncle - A Sim who is a sibling of the dam or sire.
 * cousin - A Sim who is a child of an uncle.


 * nephew - A Sim who is a child of a sibling.
 * brother - A Sim who is a sibling.
 * full brother - A Sim who shares the same dam and sire.
 * switched brother - A Sim who shares the same dam and sire but in reversed roles of sire and dam.
 * half brother - A Sim who only shares one parent.
 * damed half brother - A Sim who shares only the same dam.
 * sired half brother - A Sim who shares only the same sire.
 * switched damed half brother - A Sim who shares only the dam, but as a sire.
 * switched sired half brother - A Sim who shares only the sire, but as a dam.

Lines should never meet in a cross (+). When this cannot be avoided, the vertical line is not related to the crossed horizontal line. Also, horizontal lines should not connect to the side of the boxes except for when a Sim has has multiple relations or when the line would be confused with a twin. Cousins and nephews have no relationship lines, but the image of their dam/sire will show which uncle(s) or sibling(s) the relation occurs.