milk sibling
Shared wet nurse
A milk sibling is someone nursed by the same woman as you, though not your biological sibling.
The relationship arises when a wet nurse breastfeeds children from different families, or when mothers share nursing duties.
In Islamic tradition, milk siblings have a recognized kinship status that prohibits marriage between them.
My milk sister and I grew up in the same household.
- brotherMale with shared parents
- wet nurseBreastfeeds another's child
- foster motherWoman caring for another's child
- sisterFemale sibling
- familialPertaining to relatives
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Genetically related brother/sister
full sibling · blood brother · blood sister · half-sibling · twin
milk siblingadoptive sibling
Family through legal placement
stepsibling · foster sibling · half-sibling · sworn brother · stepbrother
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