family relationships
Bonds between kin
Family relationships are the connections between people related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
These include immediate family (parents, siblings, children) and extended family (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins).
The term encompasses both the biological or legal bonds and the emotional dynamics between relatives: Their family relationships grew strained after the inheritance dispute.
Family relationships often carry expectations of loyalty, support, and obligation that differ from friendships or professional ties.
- adoptive parentOne who legally claims another's child
- auntParent's sister or equivalent
- cousinAunt or uncle's child
- childPerson before puberty
- only childPerson without siblings
parent · nephew · caregiver · partner · niece · guardian · spouse · uncle · in-law · sibling · sister · descendant · brother · father · provider · mother · ward · breadwinner
family relationshipsacquaintances
People known slightly
friendships · client relationships · customer relations · colleagues · coworkers
family relationshipsisolation
Complete separation from others
social isolation · estrangement · alienation · loneliness · disconnection