The article attempts to analyze the comparative usage of the different relative clause types through the 141 translations of the parabola of the Prodigal son in the Bourciez collection. The equivalences of the relative clauses of the original in the Basque translations. The amount of relative clauses in comparison to the original. The distribution of left and right branching relative clauses. That of -(e)n and bait- relatives. And among the right branching relatives, that of zein' relatives, bait- relatives, -(e)n' relatives after an indefinite or a definite nominal head, and among the latter whether there is or there is not case agreement between the nominal head and the relative apposition. Also the occasional use of some modal -(e)la(rik...