Daily AncestorRelationship words
Relict, consort, in-law and other family words that changed meaning. Free to print and share. Full explanations: dailyancestor.com/dictionary/relationships
- Base-born
- Illegitimate; also of lowly birth
- Boarder
- Paying lodger, not family
- Brother
- Sibling, brother-in-law or church brother
- Brother-german
- Full brother (same mother and father)
- Brother-in-law
- Spouse's brother, or sister's husband
- Consort
- Husband or wife (spouse)
- Cousin
- Uncle's child, or in old use any collateral kin
- Cousin-german
- First cousin
- Daughter-in-law
- Son's wife
- Father-in-law
- Spouse's father, or in old use a stepfather
- Goodwife
- Polite title for an ordinary woman (Goody)
- Guardian
- Person legally responsible for a minor
- Half-brother
- Brother sharing only one parent
- His heirs
- Legal formula for full ownership, not a name list
- In-law
- Relative by marriage (old use: step-parent)
- Infant
- Legal word for anyone under age
- Inmate
- Resident of a house or institution
- Junior
- Younger of two men with the same name
- Kinsman
- Male relative, exact link unstated
- Late wife
- Wife who has died
- Minor
- Person under the age of legal adulthood
- Mother-in-law
- Spouse's mother, or in old use a stepmother
- Mrs.
- Title of a woman of standing (old: not only wives)
- Natural child
- Child of unmarried parents (polite word)
- Nephew
- Brother's or sister's son, or old use a grandson
- Next friend
- Person suing on behalf of a minor
- Orphan
- Child who lost a father or both parents
- Relict
- Widow or widower (surviving spouse)
- Reputed father
- Man named as father of a child born outside marriage
- Senior
- Older of two men with the same name
- Sister
- Female sibling or church sister
- Sister-in-law
- Spouse's sister, or brother's wife
- Son-in-law
- Daughter's husband
- Spinster
- Unmarried woman (legal description)
- Stepbrother
- Stepparent's son, no shared parent
- Stepmother
- Father's later wife
- Ward
- Person under a court-appointed guardian