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Adult
A person who has finished growing and is no longer a child.
(noun)
Adopt
To legally take someone else’s child to become your own child.
(verb)
Aunt
The sister of your father of mother, or the wife of your uncle
(noun)
Baby
A very young child who is not yet able to speak or walk.
(noun)
Bachelor
A man who has never been married.
(noun)
Bachelorette
A woman who has never been married.
(noun)
Boy
A male child or a young male person.
(noun)
Brother
A boy or man who has the same parents as you.
(noun)
Born
To come out of your mother’s body and to start to exist.
(verb)
Birth
The time when a baby comes out of its mother’s body.
(noun)
Birthday
The day each year which is the same date as the one on which you were born.
(noun)
Bride
A woman on her wedding day.
(noun)
Bridegroom
A man on his wedding day.
(noun)
Bring up
To look after a child and teach him or her how to behave, etc.
(verb)
Child (plural: Children)
A young person who is below the age of puberty or below the legal age of maturity.
(noun)
Couple
Two people who are married or having a romantic relationship.
(noun)
Cousin
The child of your uncle or aunt.
(noun)
Daddy
A child’s word for a father (also dad).
(noun)
Daughter
Someone’s female child.
(noun)
Daughter-in-law
The wife of your son/child.
(noun)
Delivery
The process of giving birth.
(noun)
Descendant
Someone who is related by blood to a person who lived a long time ago.
(noun)
Divorce
To legally end a marriage.
(verb)
Divorced
To be no longer married to your wife or husband.
(adjective)
Elder
To be born first. adjective
Engagement
An agreement between to people to marry in the near future.
(noun)
Engaged
Having agreed to marry somebody.
(adjective)
Family
A group of people who are related by blood or marriage.
(noun)
Family tree
A drawing that shows the names of all family members over generations and how they are related to each other.
(noun)
Father
A male parent.
(noun)
Father-in-law
The father of your husband or wife.
(noun)
Female
Relating to women or girls.
(adjective)
Fiancé
The man to whom a woman is engaged.
(noun)
Fiancée
The woman to whom a man is engaged.
(noun)
Foster
To take care of someone else’s child for a period of time but without becoming the legal guardian of the child.
(verb)
Girl
A female child or a young female person.
(noun)
Give birth
To produce a baby from your body.
(verb)
Godchild
A child who has godparents.
(noun)
Goddaughter
A female godchild.
(noun)
Godfather
A man who is responsible to teach a child Christian moral and religious values.
(noun)
Godmother
A woman who is responsible to teach a child Christian moral and religious values.
(noun)
Godparents
People who are responsible to teach a child Christian moral and religious values.
(noun)
Godson
A male godchild.
(noun)
Grandchild
The child of your son or daughter.
(noun)
Granddaughter
A female grandchild.
(noun)
Grandfather
The father of your mother or father (same as grandpa).
(noun)
Grandpa
The father of your mother or father (same as grandfather).
(noun)
Grandmother
The mother of your mother or father (same as grandma).
(noun)
Grandma
The mother of your mother or father (same as grandma).
(noun)
Grandson
A male grandchild.
(noun)
Great-grandparent
The mother or father of your grandparent.
(noun)
Half-brother
A brother who is the son of either your mother or your father.
(noun)
Husband
The man that a woman is married to.
(noun)
Labor
The process of childbirth from the start of contractions to delivery.
(noun)
Late
No longer alive, to be dead.
(adjective)
Male
Relating to men or boys.
(adjective)
Man
An adult male person.
(noun)
Marry
To become somebody’s husband, wife or life partner.
(verb)
Marriage
The legal relationship between two people who are married.
(noun)
Married
Having a husband, wife or life partner.
(adjective)
Mother
A female parent.
(noun)
Mother-in-law
The mother of your husband or wife.
(noun)
Mummy
A child’s word for a mother (also mum).
(noun)
Nephew
The son of your brother or sister, your husband’s brother or sister, and your wife’s brother or sister.
(noun)
Niece
The daughter of your brother or sister, your husband’s brother or sister, and your wife’s brother or sister.
(noun)
Old
Having lived for a very long time.
(adjective)
Parent
The father or mother of a person.
(noun)
Parents-in-law
The parents of your husband or wife.
(noun)
Relative
A person connected to you by blood or marriage.
(noun)
Raise
To care for and educate a child until adulthood.
(verb)
Sister
A girl or woman who has the same parents as you.
(noun)
Sibling
A brother or sister of the same parents.
(noun)
Son
Someone’s male child.
(noun)
Son-in-law
The husband of your daughter/child.
(noun)
Spouse
Your husband or wife.
(noun)
Stepbrother
The son of your stepparent or the person who is married to your parent.
(noun)
Stepfather
The man who is married to your mother but is not your father.
(noun)
Stepmother
The woman who is married to your father but is not your mother.
(noun)
Stepsister
The daughter of your stepparent or the person who is married to your parent.
(noun)
Twin
One of two children who are born to the same mother at the same time.
(noun)
Uncle
The brother of your mother or father, or the husband of your aunt.
(noun)
Wed
To marry.
(verb)
Wedding
A marriage ceremony.
(noun)
Widow
A woman whose husband has died and who has not married again.
(noun)
Widower
A man whose wife has died and who has not married again.
(noun)
Wife
The woman that a man is married to.
(noun)
Woman
An adult female person.
(noun)
Young
Having lived for only a short time; not fully developed.
(adjective)
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