Family

Mohammed S.
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  1. nuclear family
    a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner
  2. extended family
    a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives
  3. sibling
    a person's brother or sister
  4. family tree
    successive generations of kin
  5. widow
    a woman whose husband is dead, especially if not remarried
  6. widower
    a man whose wife is dead, especially if not remarried
  7. godparent
    a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism
  8. relative
    not absolute or complete
  9. ancestor
    someone from whom you are descended
  10. nephew
    a son of your sibling
  11. dwelling
    housing that someone is living in
  12. household
    a social unit living together in a residence
  13. niece
    a daughter of your sibling
  14. offspring
    the immediate descendants of a person or organism
  15. orphan
    a child who has lost both parents
  16. kinship
    relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
  17. adulthood
    the period of time in life after physical growth has stopped
  18. adolescence
    the period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
  19. childhood
    the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
Created on Sun Oct 07 08:22:47 EDT 2012 (updated Wed Oct 10 07:37:39 EDT 2012)

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