Parents
Your mother and father are your parents who care for you while you are growing.
Father: a person’s male parent. We usually call our father Dad or Daddy.
Mother: a person’s female parent. We usually call our mother Mum or Mummy.
Grandparents
Grandfather: a father of a person’s parent. We usually call our grandfather grandad (US granddad) or grandpa.
Grandmother: a mother of a person’s parent. We usually call our grandmother gran, grandma or granny.
Siblings
Your brothers and sisters are your siblings with same parents.
Brother: a male person with the same parents as another person
Sister: a female person with the same parents as another person
Our uncle and aunt are the siblings of our parents.
Uncle: a brother of a person’s parent; a husband of a person’s aunt
Aunt: a sister of a person’s parent; a wife of a person’s uncle
Children
Your son and daughter are your children.
Son: a male child
Daughter: a female child
Cousin (also first cousin): a child of a person’s aunt or uncle
Nephew: a son of a person’s sibling
Niece: a daughter of a person’s sibling
Grandchildren
The child of your son or daughter is your grandchild.
Grandson: a son of a person’s child
Granddaughter: a daughter of a person’s child
Spouse
The partner in marriage is our spouse. Our wife or husband is our spouse.
Husband: a male partner
Wife: a female partner
Parents of the spouse
Father-in-law: a father of a person’s spouse
Mother-in-law: a mother of a person’s spouse
Brother-in-law: a brother of a person’s spouse
Sister-in-law: a sister of a person’s spouse
Exes
Your ex-wife or ex-husband is your former partner in marriage.
Half-siblings
Half-brother: a male person who has either the same mother or the same father (but not both) as another person
Half-sister: a female person who has either the same mother or the same father (but not both) as another person
Stepparents
Stepmother: new wife of a person’s father in a second marriage
Stepfather: a new husband of a person’s mother in a second marriage
Stepchild
Your stepbrother or stepsister is the child of your stepparent but not your biological parent.
Collocations with family members
lone, single, widowed father
a father of two/three etc. |
lone, single, unmarried, widowed mother
a mother of two/three etc. |
big, elder, older, little, younger, full, half, twin brother/sister |
maternal, paternal uncle/aunt |
future, ex-, former, house husband/wife |
from Vocabularypage.com