| Term | Explanation |
| EGO |
The person whose perspective the chart is drawn from |
| gidzi |
Mother, mother's sisters, any woman of EGO's clan who marries
someone of father's clan |
| gidada |
Father, father's brothers, any male member of father's clan |
| ungida |
Sister, any woman of EGO's clan not called gidzi or
gilisi |
| unkinili |
Older brother, older male clan members except gidudji |
| unkinutsi |
Younger brother, younger male clan members |
| gilisi |
Father's mother, mother's mother and their sisters |
| gidudu |
Mother's father and his brothers |
| ginisi |
Father's father, father's father's brothers |
| giloki |
Father's sister, any female member of father's clan |
| gidudji |
Mother's brother |
| agwetsi |
Son or daughter, brother's son or daughter |
| ungiwina |
Sister's son |
| ungwatu |
Sister's daughter |
| unginisi |
Son's son, sister's son's son |
| ungilisi |
Son's daughter, daughters son, daughter's daughter, sister's son's
daughter, sister's daughter's son and daughter |
| gilana |
Mother's brother's wife |
Table 1. Explanation of Cherokee
Kinship Terminology