Allgemeines Training IELTS (Band 6-7) - Familie

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

Pflegeeltern

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

Pflegekind

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

Witwe

a man whose spouse is dead and has not remarried

Witwer

a particular stage in the history of a family

Generation

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

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

Stammbaum

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

Haushalt

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

Stamm

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

ein Kind adoptieren

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