Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
30.8.20
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28.4.20
1.6.19
20.3.19
2.8.18
Understand The Difference Between Second Cousins And Cousins Once Removed
This is a handy chart to bookmark in your web browser so that you never forget again.
This chart was designed by Alice J. Ramsey in 1987, but her advice still stands today.
Here’s how to use the chart: Start from the “Self” box, and then trace your way to the relationship you are trying to name.
Remembering what my mom’s cousin’s children are in relation to me is always a tricky one for me. Using this chart, I can see that they are my second cousins. And their kids? My second cousins once removed. Their kids? Second cousins twice removed.
Once Removed—What Does It Mean?
This chart gives us a visual depiction of what “once removed” really means. It’s easy to see that you and all of your cousins—even those second and third cousins—are in the same generation. But when you get into different generations, that’s when it comes “once” or “twice” removed—what that really means is one generation removed, according to the chart.
“For example, your mother’s first cousin is your first cousin, once removed. This is because your mother’s first cousin is one generation younger than your grandparents and you are two generations younger than your grandparents, ” according to an article on Genealogy. “This one-generation difference equals ‘once removed.’ Twice removed means that there is a two-generation difference. You are two generations younger than a first cousin of your grandmother, so you and your grandmother’s first cousin are first cousins, twice removed.”
28.2.18
14.10.16
Family vocabulary
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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21.5.15
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Family vocabulary - listening comprehension exercises
Click on the picture, listen, repeat and... have fun!
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