Allgemeines Training IELTS (Band 6-7) - Family

a person who takes someone else's child and raises them without legally becoming their parent

Pflegeeltern, Pflegeväter

a child placed in the temporary care of someone other than their biological or adoptive parents

Pflegekind, Waisenkind

a married woman whose spouse is dead and has not married again

Witwe

a man whose spouse is dead and has not remarried

Witwer, männlicher Witwer

a blood relative who lived a long time ago, usually before one's grandparents

Vorfahr(in)

someone who shares the same blood with a specific person who lived many years ago

Nachfahr(in)

something left behind by a person after they die

Erbe, Vermächtnis

a chart, showing the relationship between all the members of a family over a long period of time

Familienbaum, Stammbaum

all the people living in a house together, considered as a social unit

Hausgemeinschaft, Haushalt

a social group united by shared ancestry, culture, or customs

Stamm, Clan

the act or fact of taking someone's child and growing them up, which has been approved by law

Adoption

a child whose parents have died

Waise

the quality or fact of being a mother to a child or children

Mutterschaft

the quality or fact of being a father to a child or children

Vaterschaft