adopted family
Non-biological kin group
An adopted family is a family formed through legal adoption rather than biological birth, or more broadly, people who function as family despite no blood or legal connection.
The term often emphasizes chosen bonds over inherited ones: My college roommates became my adopted family.
It can describe both the family that adopts a child and the family a person creates through deep, familial-level relationships.
- fosterEncourage development of
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- stepfamilyHousehold joined by remarriage
- blendedMixed into uniformity
- chosenSelected from alternatives
belonging · paperwork · home study · court · finalized · birthmother · orphan · reunited · homecoming · siblings · nurture · bonding · legal · placement · waiting · forever · forever home · kinship
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, friend, flirting, closeness
- kinshipmother, father, sister, brother, children
- family structuresstepfamily, single parent, married couple, multigenerational, childless couple
- living arrangementscohabitation, roommates, housemates, shared housing, house share
- chosen familyframily, kindred spirits, intentional community
- Yakuzayakuza, full body tattoo, sworn brotherhood, syndicate, syndicate boss
adopted familybirth family
Relatives by blood origin
blood relatives · family of origin · birth parents · biological parents · blood relations
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