Information AboutSibling |
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Sibling is a generic term meaning brother or sister; that is, someone who shares a father and a mother with the person being referenced. Generally, this means that the two people are very closely genetically related, though, in the case of adoption, this isn't necessarily the case. A brother is a male who shares a father and a mother with the person being referenced. A '''sister''' is a female who shares a father and a mother with the person being referenced. In most world societies, siblings usually grow up in the same household. This closeness usually means they develop intense feelings about one another - whether Love or Enmity . However, closeness may not always develop in sibling relationships, particularly between siblings with an age difference of five years or more. A step-sibling ('''stepbrother''' or '''stepsister'''), is a sibling to whom you bear no blood relation, but one of whose Parents has remarried to one of yours; ''see Stepfamily ''. A half-sibling ('''half-brother''' or '''half-sister''') is a sibling with one shared Parent . Half-siblings can have a wide variety of interpersonal relationships, from a bond as close as any full siblings, to total strangers. While many half-siblings are step-siblings and vice versa, someone may have either relationship without the other: step-siblings each have a parent Married to a parent of the other but not necessarily a parent in common, and half-siblings not living in the same household are not always considered step-siblings. SEE ALSO |