THE FAMILY Great grandparents Grandparents Parents Siblings Children Grandchildren Great grandchildren Spouses Half-siblings Godparents Godchildren Your Language Your Language male Your Language female Our Relatives great grandmother grandmother mother sister daughter granddaughter great granddaughter wife aunt niece cousin half sister godmother goddaughter great grandfather grandfather father brother son grandson great grandson husband uncle nephew cousin half brother godfather godson Stepfamily Stepparents Parents in law stepmother stepsister Family in Law [the in-laws (colloquial)] mother in law daughter in law sister in law stepfather stepbrother father in law son in law brother in law Types of family Nuclear family = mother, father and children: "The traditional British family unit is a nuclear family." Single -parent / one-parent family = a family that only has one parent (because the parents are divorced, or because one of the parents has died): "There are more and more single-parent families in the UK." Same-sex parents = It’s a homosexual couple living together with children. (two dads or two moms) Immediate family = your closest relatives: "Only immediate family members attended the funeral." Extended family = your entire family: "The wedding invitations were sent to the entire extended family." Close-knit family = a family where the members have close relationships with each other: "They are a close-knit family." Dysfunctional family = a family where the members have serious problems with each other: "He comes from a rather dysfunctional family." Blood relative = a relative connected to you by "blood" rather than through marriage: "She's not a blood relative, but we're still very
