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nepotal
"Of, relating to, of the nature of, or characteristic of a nephew or nephews", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873), writer and politician. Probably from classical Latin
nepōt-
,
nepōs
+ -al, although compare nepote.