(2) whatever the question has been decreased to (A'ol) shall be deemed a base, by which the estate shall be divided. Chapter VI Uterine Relatives Branch I Classes of Uterine Relatives Definition of uterine relatives 391. Uterine relatives are every relative, who is not of an ordained share, and is not consanguineous. Classes of uterine relatives 392. Classes of uterine relatives shall be as follows, namely: - (a} the first class: (i) the daughter’s grandsons even though they are lower; (ii) grandsons of son’s granddaughters, even though they are lower. (b} the second class: (i) uterine grandfathers even though they are higher; (ii} uterine grandmothers even though they are higher. (c) the third class: (i) sisters’ nephews, full-blood sisters, paternal or maternal half-blood sisters, even they are lower; (ii) the brother's nieces full-blood brothers, paternal or maternal half-blood brothers, even though they are lower; (iii) brother's offspring of a mother even they descend. (d} the fourth class: (i) maternal uncles of the deceased and his aunts at all, his maternal uncles and maternal aunts at all; (ii) the descendants of the first part even though they are lower; (iii) paternal uncles of the maternal father of the deceased, his paternal aunts, sisters, and maternal aunts, at all, the paternal uncles of the deceased's mother and her paternal aunts, paternal uncles and aunts, at all; (iv) descendants of the third category, even though they are lower; (v) paternal uncles of the deceased's mother great grandfather, his paternal aunts, maternal uncles and aunts, at all; paternal uncles of the deceased's father's grandmother, her paternal aunts, maternal uncles and aunts, at all; paternal uncles of the deceased's grandfather, his paternal aunts and maternal uncles and aunts, at all; paternal uncles the deceased's grandfather, her paternal aunts, maternal uncles and aunts, at all; (vi) ascendants of the fifth category, even though they are lower. Branch II Inheritance of Uterine Relatives The first class of uterine relatives 393. (1) The best entitled of uterine relatives to inheritance are those of the nearest degree to the deceased. (2) Where the first class of uterine relatives equal in degree, the one who ascends by an heir shall have precedence to that who does not ascend by an heir. (3) Where all the first class of uterine relatives ascend, or do not ascend by an heir, they shall participate in the inheritance, and the estate shall be divided between them equally where are only males or only females, and where they are males and females, the male shall have like the portion of two females. The second class of uterine relatives 394. (1) The best entitled to inheritance of the second class of uterine relatives are those of the nearest degree to the deceased. (2) Where the second class of uterine relatives are equal: (a) in degree and relationship, the inheritance shall be divided between them equally where they are only males or only females and where they are males and females, then the male shall have like the portion of two females; (b) in degree and are different in relationship that some of them is from the father's side and some of them from the mother's side, then the estate shall be is divided between them in thirds, two-thirds for the father's relationship and one-third for the mother's relationship. Multiplicity of the sides of relationship of uterine relatives 395. Multiplicity of sides of the relationship to an heir of uterine relatives shall be of no count, save upon difference of the side. The third class of uterine relatives 396. {1) The best entitled to inheritance of the third class of uterine relatives, are those of the nearest degree to the deceased. {2) Where the third class of the uterine relative’s side are equal in degree: (a) and some of them ascend by a consanguineous, and some of them ascend by a uterine relative, then whoever ascends by a consanguineous shall have precedence to whoever ascends by a uterine relative; (b) in ascendance, whoever is best entitled to inheritance shall be the strongest relationship; 38