adoptive siblings
Non-biological brother/sister
Adoptive siblings are children raised in the same family where at least one was adopted.
The term distinguishes them from biological siblings who share genetic parents.
Unlike step-siblings, who join a family through remarriage, adoptive siblings result from legal adoption: She grew up with two adoptive siblings.
- brotherMale with shared parents
- twinOne of matched pair
- sisterFemale sibling
- birth parentsGenetic mother and father
- kinshipsFamily relationship ties
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