foster son
Non-biological male child
A foster son is a male child raised by people who are not his biological parents, typically through a formal foster care arrangement.
The term emphasizes the caregiving relationship rather than legal adoption: Their foster son lived with them for three years before returning to his birth mother.
The relationship may be temporary or permanent.
- adoptedMade legally one's own
- wardProtected person; division
- legal guardianCourt-appointed child protector
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- orphanChild whose parents died
birth family · heir · nephew · protégé · family · chosen family · family ties · kinship · lineage · inheritance · custody · nurture · upbringing · bond · parentage · bloodline · home · belonging
- boysboy, lad, laddie, young boy, little boy
- younger relativesdaughter, grandson, granddaughter, nephew, niece
- extended familyaunt, uncle, grandparents, grandparent, great aunt