# Habemus Nephew!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habemus-nephew/510175>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 15, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habemus-nephew/510175 "2009-09-15T15:07:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habemus-nephew/510175/1 "2009-09-15T15:07:35Z")

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Congratulate me, now I am a real aunt.

My sister, who lives in Barcelona, has just given birth to the second grandkid in our family. I am filled with pride, and I didn’t even have to do anything. 🙂

It’s too bad I won’t see them for months. ☹ Somebody should go about inventing teleportation already. We have enough iPods.

Welcome to the world Pau.

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habemus-nephew/510175/2 "2009-09-15T15:14:39Z")

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Pau, boniiiiiiic! (I’m declaring the baby cute without even having seen the pics)

Congratulations to the whole family 🙂

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habemus-nephew/510175/3 "2009-09-15T15:20:53Z")

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Congratulations!!  
Really nitpicky comment, more to equip you with the info. than to hijack: Latin for “nephew” is _nepos_ (cf. nepotism, the practice of hiring one’s nephews and other relatives). Accusative case is _nepotem_, to give you _Habemus nepotem!_ for the 100%-good-Latin form of your thread title. 🙂

ETA: It also matches “Habemus papam” better, which I think you were shooting for. Didja burn white cloth when you found out? 😃

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**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habemus-nephew/510175/4 "2009-09-15T15:44:30Z")

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If I had used all latin nobody would have understood. It was joke Poly, a joke, I tell you!  
Hmm… off to burn something.