familial relationships
Bonds between relatives
Familial relationships are the connections between people related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
The term covers parents and children, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and in-laws.
She studies how familial relationships affect childhood development.
The adjective familial emphasizes the family aspect rather than just kinship: familial duty, familial bonds.
- parentMother or father
- caretakerOne who maintains property
- foster childYouth in temporary guardianship
- half sisterSibling sharing one parent
- spouseMarried partner
patriarch · sibling · partner · child · nurturer · cousin · cohabitant · kinship group · elder · nephew · descendant · niece · breadwinner · adoptive parent · homemaker · in-law · next of kin · lineage
familial relationshipsfriendships
Voluntary affectionate relationships
acquaintances · casual acquaintance · client relationships · acquaintanceships · romantic relationships
familial, family, families, familiar, familiarity, familiarize, familiarization, unfamiliar, relate