stepsister

Parent's spouse's daughter

A stepsister is the daughter of one's stepparent from a previous relationship—no blood relation, connected only through a parent's marriage.

The relationship forms when parents remarry and bring children from earlier unions into the same household: She and her stepsister didn't meet until they were teenagers.

fairytale

Cinderella

Rags-to-riches heroine

ball · prince · pumpkin · carriage · fairy godmother · enchanted · magic · curse · spell · midnight

family

stepsibling

Non-biological brother or sister

household · remarriage · custody · co-parenting · in-law · foster · adopted · guardian · domestic · nuclear family

relationship

bond

Binding tie or connection

  • rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
  • jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
  • resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure

closeness · companionship · friendship · loyalty · support · conflict · adjustment · acceptance · trust · understanding

kinship

relative

Connected by blood

  • kinBlood-connected people
  • kinshipState of being related
  • affinityNatural liking or attraction

lineage · genealogy · relations · next of kin · heritage · ancestry · family ties · bloodline · non-biological

Categories
Opposites
biological vs. non-biological family relationship

stepsisterblood sister

Female born of same parents

sister · blood relative · blood kin · half-sister

gender within step-sibling relationship

stepsisterstepbrother

Son of a step-parent

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