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family

n. 1) husband, wife and children. 2) all blood relations. 3) all who live in the same household including servants and relatives, with some person or persons directing this economic and social unit.

family

(Common ancestry), noun ancestry, birth, blood connection, clan, common extraction, common forebears, common lineage, common parentage, consanguinity, descent, dynasty, ethnic group, ethnicity, filiation, folk, genealogy, house, kin, kindred, kinsmen, line, line of ancestors, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, people, same line of descent, same strain, sept, stirps, stock, strain, tribe

family

(Household), noun brood, domestic circle, dooestic establishment, familia, family unit, home circle, issue, offspring, progeny
Associated concepts: adoption, curtesy, dependent, domestic relation, dower, Family Court, family law, family purpose doccrine, head of household, heirs, next of kin, surviving spouse

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He recalled how, when he was a child, "in one of her rare moments of lucidity, during an illness, my great-grandmother - who was in many ways fantastic - told me, 'Do whatever you want but don't marry a Catholic.

Blair's great grand mum warned him not to marry a Catholic

The great-great-grandmother, great-grandmother and grandmother share news of little Hannah's first days.

NEW BABY GAINS GIFT OF WISDOM 5 GENERATIONS GATHER TOGETHER

A Stockton baby followed family tradition by being baptised in a Christening gown first worn by her great great-grandmother.

Baby keeps up family tradition

Now a great-grandmother, Clarice, 76, thinks they accepted the couple because her amateur boxer husband was just a 'jovial' chap.

We were on it, too, back in the 1960s and we'd love to be on it once again!

The 85-year-old grandmother of seven and great-grandmother of four has been in community service for most of her retired life.

AT AGE 85, PALMER STILL A WOMAN OF ACTION

A 93-YEAR-OLD Nuneaton great-grandmother has donated 16 cardigans and hats she knitted to the special care baby unit at Walsgrave Hospital.

Great-gran gives baby goodies

Jessie-Mae Bolam's birth brought extra delight to her mum, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother as she carried on the tradition of daughters being born first in each generation.

Meet a real five-star family

Bantle gave her the braided hair of Langton's great-great grandmother, great-grandmother and grandmother - cut when they were young women.

VALLEY HAIRSTYLIST HAS A LOCK ON LOVE

Agatha is the housekeeper for Mickey's great-grandmother and a caretaker for Tony, who has been bounced from home to home.

Orange Laughter

Holly also has a great-grandmother Rosealind Guest, aged 57, and great-great-grandmother Margaret Bowen, aged 80.

The young ones - a gran at 3; IT'S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE NOT long ago the image of a granny was bingo halls, twinsets and blue rinses. But with the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe, grandmothers seem to be getting younger and younger. And some are even becoming grandparents while they are still in their 30s..

But he was caught when the bank contacted his great-grandmother to say that her account was overdrawn.

Addict stole from great-grandmother

The youngster was joined by his parents Lynsey Brown, 17, and Matthew Griffiths, 19, grandmother Sharon Kidd, 36, great-grandmother Jackie Risbrough, 54, and great-great-grandmother Doreen Risbrough, 81.