Sibling Relationship Type

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1 Description
2 Link Phrases
3 Attributes
4 Guidelines
5 Examples

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This relationship type belongs to the Personal Association Relationship Class.

Description

This links two siblings.

Link Phrases

Artist has sibling(s) Artist

Attributes

“start date”

This indicates the date that the sibling relationship began.

For two full siblings, ¾ siblings, or half-siblings, this is the date that the younger sibling was born.
For adoptive siblings, this is the date that the younger sibling was adopted.
For step-siblings, this is either the date that the younger sibling was born or the date that the siblings' parents married, whichever is later.

“end date”

This should be left blank.

“step”

This indicates that the two siblings are step-siblings; i.e. they are related due to the marriage of one of each siblings' parents to each other. Not implemented yet

“half”

This indicates that the two siblings are either ¾ or half-siblings; i.e. they share only one birth or adoptive parent in common. Not implemented yet

Guidelines

This relationship type is only applicable to person artists. Neither artist involved in this relationship type may be a group artist.
This relationship type should be used to link the artists' legal names. An artist's performance name should not be linked using this relationship type.

Examples

Michael Jackson has sibling(s) Rebbie Jackson and Janet Jackson