Family & Relationships Flashcards
relation
a person who is related to someone by blood or marriage
relationship
any connection between people by kinship or marriage
friendship
a relationship between friend, the state of being friends
motherhood
the state of being a mother to a child or children
fatherhood
the state of being a farther to a child or children
relative
a family memeber who is related to us by blood or marriage
marriage
a formal and legal relationship between two people that are married
unmarried
not being married
engaged
having formally agreed to marry someone
seperated
not living with one’s spouse or partner anymore
bride
a woman on her wedding day, or just after or before her wedding ceremony
groom
a man who is getting married
spouse
a male or female partner in a marriage
single parent
a person who raises a child or children without a partner
only child
a person who has no siblings
family tree
A chart showing the rrelationship between all the members of a family over a long period of time.
mother-in-law
someone who is the mother of a person’s wife or husband
father-in-law
someone who is the father of a person’s wife or husband
sister-in-law
the person who is the sister of one’s spouse
brother-in-law
the person who is the brother of one’s spouse
daughter in-law
the wife of one’s daugter or son
son-in-law
the husband of one’s son or daughter
parent’s-in-law
the parents of one’s spouse
generation
a group of people of about the same age partaking in a certain activity
to abandon
to leave someone with no intention of returning