Family Vocabulary

Family is a social unit of two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption and having a shared commitment to the mutual relationship. You will be asked to tell about your family very often, and these are the times you have to use the specific relationship that you share with a particular person.

IMMEDIATE FAMILY

– There are two main ways to determine immediate and other family members. They are:

Relation by blood: This means they share the same lineage or parent, such as in the case of siblings, children or grandchildren.
Relation by marriage: This means they share a common bond through the marriage of one member of each family, such as with in-laws or stepchildren.

PARENT
If you have children, you are their parent.
FATHER
Father is the male parent
MOTHER
Mother is the female parent
SON
The male child
DAUGHTER
The female child
BROTHER
The male who has the same parents as yours
SISTER
The female who has the same parents as yours
HUSBAND
If you get married, the man is the husband.
WIFE
If you get married, the woman is the wife.

Siblings is a collective term for brothers and sisters.


RELATIVES

GRANDPARENTS
The parents of your parents
GRAND FATHER
The father of your mother or father
GRAND MOTHER
The mother of your father or mother
GRAND CHILDREN
The children of your children
GRAND SON
The son of your son or daughter
GRAND DAUGHTER
The daughter of your son or daughter
UNCLE
The brother of your mother or father
AUNT
The sister of your mother or father
COUSIN
The child of your uncle or aunt
NEPHEW
The male child of your brother or sister
NIECE
The female child of your brother or sister

THE IN-LAWS

FATHER-IN-LAW
Father of your spouse
MOTHER-IN-LAW
Mother of your spouse
SON-IN-LAW
The husband of your daughter
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
The wife of your son
BROTHER-IN-LAW
The husband of your sister
SISTER-IN-LAW
The wife of your brother

THE MIXED FAMILY

Step means that you are related to the person because of one parent marrying

STEP-FATHER
The husband of your mother, but not your biological father
STEP-MOTHER
The wife of your father, but not your biological mother.
STEP-SON
The son of your new wife or husband, but not your biological son.
STEP-DAUGTHER
The daughter of your new wife or husband, but not your biological daughter.
STEP SISTER
The daughter of your step mother/ father.
STEP BROTHER
The sister of your step mother/father.

HALF BROTHER
The brother you have only one parent in common
HALF SISTER
The sister you have only one parent in common

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