Thematic Vocabulary Unit NÂș 60 v.10
Main Definitions
- family relationship |n| relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
- "So is allowing sufficient time off for maternity and paternity leave, and time off to maintain family relationships and doing family matters."
- "Some of my family relationships changed for good, as I was branded untrustworthy."
- "One of the differences I see among Latino families and White families is that generally speaking Latinos value family relationships over education."
- "Those with family relationships that would allow entry include grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins of people in the United States."
- kin |n| related.
- "He was kin to the brothers."
- kinship 1 |n| blood relationship.
- "Likewise there is no established framework of social relations, such as kinship , which people can be slotted into."
- kinship 2 / relationship |n| relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption.
- "A boy of Jamaican parentage."
- related |adj| allied by nature, origin, kinship, marriage, etc.
Family Relationship Elements
- affinity |n| relationship by marriage or by ties other than those of blood.
- consanguinity |n| relationship by descent from a common ancestor.
- blood line |n| the descendants of one individual.
- filiation |n| the f act or condition of being a son or daughter.
- lineage |n| lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree.
- "He can also claim lineage to Thyagaraja's direct disciples through various ancestors."
- parentage |n| the identity and origins of one's parents.
The Ancestors
- ancestor 1 / forebear / forbear |n| a member of your family who lived a long time ago, especially hundreds of years ago,
- "My ancestors originally came from Ireland."
- "During the festival of Obon, Japanese show respect to their dead ancestors."
- "One cannot hope to rise or succeed in the world unless one's forebears had the requisite abilities."
- ancestor 2 |n| a person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended.
- "My ancestor Admiral Anson circumnavigated the globe 250 years ago."
- "His pen name was derived from his illustrious ancestor."
- ascendant |n| an ancestor or relative in the ascending line.
- collateral ancestor |n| belong to the same ancestral stock.
- common ancestor |n| ancestor shared by any two people.
- forefather |n| |especially written| a member of the past generations of one's family or people; an ancestor.
- "His forefathers came to America over a century ago."
- "Generations of his forefathers had worked as miners, loyal to the union and at major risk of terrible injuries as they worked the kingdom's coal seams."
- "His forefathers helped settle this area a century and a half ago."
The Descendants
- descendent |n| someone who is a relative of a person who lived and died a long time ago, especially a famous or important person.
- "Frederick and Bertha moved to Iowa in 1852, and their descendants still live in the area."
- "Paul claims to be a descendant of King Charles I."
- "Shakespeare's last direct descendant."
- lineal descendant |n| a blood relative in the direct line
- of descent (the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc. of a person).
- collateral descendant |n| is a legal term for a relative descended from a
- brother or sister of an ancestor, and thus a niece, nephew, or cousin.
Other People
- collateral relative |n| any blood relative who is not your direct ancestor. So your ancestors are your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., and your collateral relatives are cousins, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, siblings, etc.
- in-law |n| a relative by marriage.
- "Brother in law, mother in law, father in law, son in law."
- "Paddy is mourned by his sister, cousins, neighbours, in-laws , relatives and friends."
- progenya / offspring |n| descendant or the descendants of a person.
- "The progeny of mixed marriages."
- relative |adj| a person connected by blood or marriage.
- "Much of my time is spent visiting relatives."
More Family Relationship Related Terms
- family |n| a group of people related to one another by blood or marriage: friends and family can provide support.
- "Only her immediate family knew she had hear disease."
- genealogy |n| successive generations of kin.
- heritage |n| any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors.
- marriage / matrimony / union / spousal relationship / wedlock |n| a legally accepted relationship between a woman and a man in which they live as husband and wife, or the official ceremony which results in this.
- "They had a long and happy marriage."
- family member |n| a person who belongs to a (particular) family; a (close) relative.
- "Friends and family member recognized that something was wrong."
- "A family member who is not an EU citizen is obliged to possess at this time a valid travel document and an entry visa if required."
- "Are you or any family member applying because of an accident or injury that someone else might be responsible for?"
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