Family vocabulary

Family vocabulary

Our relatives		relationship to us	We usually call
male	female		him...	her...
parent		relative of whom I am the child	Father, Daddy, Dad, Papa	Mother, Mummy, Mum, Mommy, Mom, Mama, Ma
father	mother
sibling		we have the same father and mother	first name; sometimes Bro	first name; sometimes Sis
brother	sister
uncle	aunt	sibling of my parent	Uncle [first name]	Aunt/Auntie [first name]
grandparent		parent of my parent	Grandfather, Grandpa	Grandmother, Grandma
grand-father	grand-mother
cousin		child of my uncle or aunt	first name
spouse		relative to whom I am married	first name
husband	wife
child		relative of whom I am the parent	first name
son	daughter
nephew	niece	child of my sibling	first name
grandchild		child of my child	first name
grandson	grand-daughter
great grand-father	great grand-mother	parent of my grandparent	Great Grandpa	Great Grandma
father-in-law	mother in-law	parent of my spouse	first name; Dad	first name; Mum, Mom
brother-in-law	sister in-law	sibling of my spouse; spouse of my sibling	first name
ex-husband	ex-wife	my previous spouse (we divorced)	first name
half-brother	half-sister	my sibling born to my father or mother but not both	first name
step-parent		new spouse of one of my parents	first name
step-father	step-mother
step-child		child of my spouse but not of me	first name
step-son	step-daughter