Relations

half-sister

a sister who has only one parent in common with you

 

kin

a person having kinship with another or others

 

bigamist

someone who marries one person while already legally married to another

 

stepmother

the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage

 

kid

a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age

 

polygamist

someone who is married to two or more people at the same time

 

man-child

a child who is male

 

newborn

a baby from birth to four weeks

 

liveborn infant

infant who shows signs of life after birth

 

mater

an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously

 

Jacob

(Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')

 

adopter

a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child

 

vicereine

wife of a viceroy

 

missus

informal term of address for someone's wife

 

blood brother

a male with the same parents as someone else

 

kinswoman

a female relative

 

messmate

(nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship)

 

son-in-law

the husband of your daughter

 

godson

a male godchild

 

sib

a person's brother or sister