It hit me when I was editing [this
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/90799/) which had the
[pronouns](/questions/tagged/pronouns "show questions tagged 'pronouns'") tag.
I wasn't sure if 「娘」 is considered a pronoun in Japanese. Looking for relevant
examples of kinship terminology in English, I think all the comparable terms I
can think of are not categorized as pronouns. [Wikipedia's pronoun
page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronoun) has this claim:

> In English, kin terms like "mother," "uncle," "cousin" are a distinct word
> class from pronouns

This appears corroborated by dictionaries.

Wikipedia's [Japanese pronouns
page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_pronouns) doesn't list such
terms. There's no 母さん, 父上, 爺ちゃん, お姉ちゃん, or 兄貴. Another reference:
[代名詞](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BB%A3%E5%90%8D%E8%A9%9E). So are they
not pronouns? Why?
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Are forms of address and kinship terms pronouns/代名詞 in Japanese? Why or why not?