Family

Family

All family members are called relatives. They could be blood relatives or relatives by marriage.

Everybody has an immediate family, which includes parents and siblings. These are called blood relatives. You have your blood relatives, I have mine.

Your parents are your mother and father.

Your siblings are your brother(s) and sister(s).

Your children are your son and daughter. If one of your children is a boy, he is your son. If one of your children is a girl, she is your daughter.

Your spouse is your husband or wife. This is the partner to whom you are married. The man is the husband, the woman is the wife.

You have also an extended family, which includes all people in your mother’s and father’s families, like your grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins.

Your spouses’ relatives and step-relatives are called relatives by marriage.

Step-relatives are members of your stepfamily. The stepfamily includes people who became part of your family due to death, divorce or separation. The new people and their relatives become part of your blended family. Some people are born into a stepfamily.

groups	Relatives = family members		explanation
	female	male
parent	mother	father	you are their child
sibling	sister	brother	you have the same parents
	aunt	uncle	sibling of your parent
	cousin		child of your aunt or uncle
	niece	nephew	child of your brother or sister
spouse	wife	husband	partner to whom you are married
child	daughter	son	your kid; person to whom you are a parent
grandparent	grandmother	grandfather	the parent of your parent
grandchildren	granddaughter	grandson	the child of your child
great grandparent	great grandmother	great grandfather	parent of your grandparent
parent-in-law	mother-in-law	father-in-law	parent of your spouse (husband or wife)
sibling-in-law	sister-in-law	brother-in-law	sibling of your spouse or spouse of your sibling
child-in-law	daughter-in-law	son-in-law	daughter/son of your spouse (husband/wife)
ex-partner	Ex-wife	Ex-husband	your previous spouse (you are divorced)
half-sibling	half-sister	half-brother	sibling born to one of your biological parents
stepparent	stepmother	stepfather	new spouse to one of your parents
stepchild/stepchildren	stepdaughter	stepson	child to your spouse, but not to you

Changing in status

Sometimes when we are filling out forms, for example driver’s license forms or library card forms, we often need to give our marital status. Marital status is another word for a relationship status. Examples of marital statuses include single, married, divorced, separated, widowed and engaged. There are some other words describing our status, so let us see them:

Relation changes	female	male
Due to engagement	Fiancée engaged	Fiancé engaged	the persons promised to marry each other
Due to marriage	married	married	the persons get married
Due to divorce	divorced	divorced	the persons get divorced
Due to dea	widow	widower	one person of a married couple passed away
Due to separation	separated	separated	the persons could be married or not, decide to not live together anymore
	single mother	single father	single parent
Due to adoption	adopted daughter	adopted son	raising a child from different parents
Due to fostering	foster daughter	foster son	Married couple temporary care for child from different parents
	foster sister	foster brother

Asking about family:
We use some of these question when asking about family. Please, choose one of them and leave a comment below answering it.

How many people are there in your family and who are they?

Do you have a large or small family?

How many cousins do you have? What are your cousins' names?

Do you have any brothers or sisters?/ Do you have any siblings?

Are your great grandparents alive?

Do you have any grandparents? How many grandparents have you got?

How many brothers/sisters have you got?

Is this your niece? How old is she? What is her name?

If you would like to practice family vocabulary, please use the quiz writen below. You can check your answers with the answer keys link on the bottom right.

Quiz:

8.1. Fill in the blanks:

Your father’s brother is your ________

Your brother’s sister is your _________

Your mother’s father is your _________

Your son’s sister is your __________

Your grandfather’s daughter is your _______
Your aunt’s son is your _______

Your sister’s daughter is your _______

Your father’s mother is your _______

Your mother’s son is your _______

Your cousin’s brother is your _______

Your sister’s mother is your _______

Your uncle’s wife is your _______

Your grandmother’s son is your _______

Your mother’s mother is your _______

Your uncle’s daughter is your _______

Your nephew’s mother is your _______

Your brother’s uncle is your _______

Your daughter’s brother is your _______

Your brother’s son is your _______

Your mother’s husband is your _______

Answer keys here

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