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niece

[nees] / nis /






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The group includes his niece, artist Hannah Peck, 27; woodworker and designer Jessie Blackman, 27; Ethan Casselbery, 28, who has experience in sculpture fabrication and metalwork joinery; and Jordan Kennedy, 36.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Orozco, who is Rivas' niece, spent five years making a documentary about her aunt, which was screened at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Jamshidi has family members, including his brother—who worked in a high-risk post as a security guard for the U.S. consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, for years—his sister-in-law, niece and nephew stuck in Camp As Sayliyah.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

He has one adult son, from whom he is estranged, and a niece.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

“How long are you keeping my niece in the hospital?”

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar




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