Parents
Your mother and father are your parents who care for you while you are growing.
- Father: a person’s male parent. We usually call our father Dad or Daddy.
- Mother: a person’s female parent. We usually call our mother Mum or Mummy.
Grandparents
- Grandfather: a father of a person’s parent. We usually call our grandfather grandad (US granddad) or grandpa.
- Grandmother: a mother of a person’s parent. We usually call our grandmother gran, grandma or granny.
Siblings
Your brothers and sisters are your siblings with same parents.
- Brother: a male person with the same parents as another person
- Sister: a female person with the same parents as another person
Our uncle and aunt are the siblings of our parents.
- Uncle: a brother of a person’s parent; a husband of a person’s aunt
- Aunt: a sister of a person’s parent; a wife of a person’s uncle
Children
Your son and daughter are your children.
- Son: a male child
- Daughter: a female child
- Cousin (also first cousin): a child of a person’s aunt or uncle
- Nephew: a son of a person’s sibling
- Niece: a daughter of a person’s sibling
Grandchildren
The child of your son or daughter is your grandchild.
- Grandson: a son of a person’s child
- Granddaughter: a daughter of a person’s child
Spouse
The partner in marriage is our spouse. Our wife or husband is our spouse.
- Husband: a male partner
- Wife: a female partner
Parents of the spouse
- Father-in-law: a father of a person’s spouse
- Mother-in-law: a mother of a person’s spouse
- Brother-in-law: a brother of a person’s spouse
- Sister-in-law: a sister of a person’s spouse
Exes
Your ex-wife or ex-husband is your former partner in marriage.
Half-siblings
- Half-brother: a male person who has either the same mother or the same father (but not both) as another person
- Half-sister: a female person who has either the same mother or the same father (but not both) as another person
Stepparents
- Stepmother: new wife of a person’s father in a second marriage
- Stepfather: a new husband of a person’s mother in a second marriage
Stepchild
Your stepbrother or stepsister is the child of your stepparent but not your biological parent.
Collocations with family members
lone, single, widowed father
a father of two/three etc.
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lone, single, unmarried, widowed mother
a mother of two/three etc.
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big, elder, older, little, younger, full, half, twin brother/sister
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maternal, paternal uncle/aunt
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future, ex-, former, house husband/wife
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