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fam·i·ly re·la·tion·ship

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. kinship, family relationship, relationshipnoun

    (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

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  1. family relationship

    Family (from Latin: familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and learn to participate in the community. Historically, most human societies use family as the primary locus of attachment, nurturance, and socialization.Anthropologists classify most family organizations as matrifocal (a mother and her children), patrifocal (a father and his children), conjugal (a wife, her husband, and children, also called the nuclear family), avuncular (a man, his sister, and her children), or extended (in addition to parents and children, may include grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins). The field of genealogy aims to trace family lineages through history. The family is also an important economic unit studied in family economics. The word "families" can be used metaphorically to create more inclusive categories such as community, nationhood, and global village.

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  1. family relationship

    A family relationship refers to the connection between two or more individuals who share common ancestors, typically through blood ties, marriage, or adoption. This can include relationships such as parent-child, sibling, spouse, grandparent-grandchild, cousin, step-relative, and in-law among others. The nature of these relationships can differ greatly from family to family based on cultural, legal, and personal factors. Family relationships can also extend to emotional and social connections that are not strictly based on biological or legal ties.

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  1. family relationship

    Relationship in a family

    The family relationship is our brothers wife works at the shop.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 30, 2021  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of family relationship in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of family relationship in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of family relationship in a Sentence

  1. Timothy Heaphy:

    He will not stop because of a family relationship, because of purported executive privilege, he believes that the law entitles him to all of that information, and he’s determined to get it.

  2. Ron Dermer:

    Through all of the ups and downs in a family relationship, the military-to-military relationship has remained strong, the challenges that we face, we face together.


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