adj
Related through adoption.
n
(law) The establishment of a child's paternity or maternity
adj
(anthropology) Of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law.
n
A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.
n
consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation
adj
(of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.
n
One's relatives; kin, kindred, relations; also, relationship through descent or marriage; kinship.
adj
(rare) Having a family.
adj
(anthropology) Describing a situation in which a married couple alternate their residence between that of the wife's and husband's group
n
A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption (see blood relative, blood relation, by blood).
n
The state of being related by “blood”, i.e. genetically.
n
A kindly and lenient attitude towards others.
n
marriage with others of the same clan
n
(rare) A co-in-law: A relationship by marriage with a separation by three degrees (two people), compared to prototypical affines, where the separation is two and one.
adj
Occurring in the same family
adj
Abbreviation of cognate. [Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.]
adj
Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.
adj
Alternative form of consanguineal [Related by bloodline; consanguineous.]
adj
Related by bloodline; consanguineous.
adv
In a consanguineal fashion; by blood relationship.
adj
Of kindred blood; related.
adj
Related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.
n
A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. A blood relationship.
adj
Alternative form of consanguineous [Related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.]
n
The state of being consanguineous.
n
Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity.
n
The state of being cousins, or the relationship that exists among cousins.
n
The eldest child in a family, or individual in a group.
adj
Related to someone by female connections.
adv
Within a family; among blood relatives
n
(uncountable) Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.
n
(sociology) A family that is formed when a couple have their first child.
n
(psychoanalysis) A childhood fantasy whereby a child imagines that their real parents are in fact royalty or otherwise of high birth; (loosely), the emotional ties linking the various members of a family.
n
The quality of being family-friendly.
n
The study or promotion of familial relations.
n
The state or quality of being a father.
n
The quality of being filial.
n
Quality of being filial.
n
(countable) The ancestry or lineage shared by a group having the same bloodline.
v
(transitive, law) Of a father: to put (a son or daughter) in possession of land which the son or daughter accepts as their whole portion of the father's property.
n
(medicine) Abbreviation of family. [(countable) A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.]
n
(collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
n
(often plural only) Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
n
Someone or something with which one feels connected.
adj
Characteristic of kindred; showing kinship.
adj
Involving or characteristic of kinship.
n
Obsolete form of kindred. [(often plural only) Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.]
n
relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
adj
Characteristic of a kinsman.
adj
Of, relating to, or in accordance with levirate marriage.
n
A very close friend or family member for whom a person has feelings of endearment, one of someone's close ones; sometimes: next of kin (for example on hospital admission form).
adj
(anthropology, of a people or culture) In which newly married couples live with the wife's family.
adv
In a matrilocal fashion.
n
(colloquial) My family or relatives, including myself.
n
(law, historical) Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage.
adj
Related by birth; genetically related.
n
(obsolete) Something done or said in honour of the dead; obsequies.
v
To cause a child to act as a parent to its own parent.
n
The condition, state, or quality of a parent.
n
The condition, state, or status of a parent.
n
(sociology) A socially instituted practice whereupon a married couple lives with or near the family of the husband.
n
The state of being a progenitor.
n
Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.
adj
Having the same blood or sharing identical blood lineages; consanguineous.
n
The state, or kinship of being sisters.
v
(transitive) To produce (i.e. bear, father, beget) a son.
n
The state or quality of being a son.
adj
From or with only one parent.
adj
(anthropology) Matrilocal.
adj
(anthropology) In an uxorilocal (matrilocal) manner.
adj
Very devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife.
n
The state or condition of a vestal.
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