step-siblings
Parents' spouses' children
Step-siblings are the children of one's stepparent from a previous relationship—not related by blood, but connected through a parent's marriage or partnership.
Unlike half-siblings, step-siblings share no biological parent: My step-siblings and I didn't meet until we were teenagers.
The relationship exists only through the union of their respective parents.
Wedding after divorce/widowhood
- integrationCombining into a whole
- bondingForming close connections
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- mergingBlending into one
new beginnings · acceptance · family dynamics · co-parenting · household · unity · harmony · stepchildren
Male sharing one parent
- half-sisterFemale sibling, one shared parent
- kinBlood-connected people
- relativesThose connected by blood
- relationsConnections or dealings
nonbiological · affinity · stepchildren · family tree · genealogy · inheritance · next of kin · kindred
remarriage
Wedding after divorce/widowhood
- integrationCombining into a whole
- bondingForming close connections
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
merging · new beginnings · acceptance · family dynamics · co-parenting · household · unity · harmony · stepchildren · cohabitation
half-brother
Male sharing one parent
- half-sisterFemale sibling, one shared parent
- kinBlood-connected people
- relativesThose connected by blood
relations · nonbiological · affinity · stepchildren · family tree · genealogy · inheritance · next of kin · kindred · lineage
- kinshipmother, father, sister, brother, children
- family structuresnuclear family, extended family, blended family, single parent, foster family
- family typesnuclear family, extended family, single parent, household, multigenerational
- family breakdowndivorce decree, custody battle, custody battles, child support, joint custody
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- extended familyaunt, uncle, grandparents, grandparent, great aunt