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Frage		Antworten
To tie the knot Lernen beginnen		To get married
To wear the pants Lernen beginnen		To be in control and make decisions in family or relationship
A breadwinner Lernen beginnen		A person who financially provides for the family
Born with a silver spoon Lernen beginnen		Born into a wealthy and privileged family
To elope Lernen beginnen		To get married in secret
A nuclear family Lernen beginnen		A couple and their dependent children
A sugar daddy Lernen beginnen		Usually older man who supports or spends lavishly on mistress, girlfriend or boyfriend
To pop the question Lernen beginnen		To propose marriage
An ancestor Lernen beginnen		A person related to you who lived a long time ago
Maiden name Lernen beginnen		The family name a woman has before she gets married
A bachelor Lernen beginnen		A man who is not and has never been married
An heir Lernen beginnen		A person who will receive money or a title from another person when that person dies
To follow in someone's footsteps Lernen beginnen		To do the same job or thing as someone else, esp member of your family
To run in the family Lernen beginnen		For the quality, ability or disease to occur in many members of the family
Blood is thicker than water Lernen beginnen		Said to emphasize that you belive that family connections are always more important than other types of relationships
To be like chalk and cheese Lernen beginnen		To be completely different from each other, have nothing in common
To bring home the bacon Lernen beginnen		To earn money for a family to live on
To get on like a house on fire Lernen beginnen		To like each other very much and become friends very quickly
A godparent Lernen beginnen		A peroson who presents a child at baptism
To grow out of something Lernen beginnen		To become too old or too mature for something
To be in somebody's blood Lernen beginnen		For an ability or skill to occur in someone naturally, usually because it already exists in their family
Accident of birth Lernen beginnen		Luck in something due to family good fortune
To foster Lernen beginnen		To take care of a child, usually for a limited time, without being the child's legal parent
Father figure Lernen beginnen		A mentor, a person who offers guidance
Up the duff Lernen beginnen		Pregnant, usually without it being planned
In-laws Lernen beginnen		Spouse's parents
Hereditary Lernen beginnen		Characteristics or diseases passed from the genes of parent to a child
A spoilt child Lernen beginnen		A child who shows bad behaviour because they have been allowed to do or have anything they want
Family gathering Lernen beginnen		An informal event where family members meet up
Generation gap Lernen beginnen		A difference of opinions between one generation and another
Dynasty Lernen beginnen		A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
Broken home Lernen beginnen		A family in which the parents have separated or divorced
Descendant Lernen beginnen		Someone who is related to a person who lived a long time ago
Extended family Lernen beginnen		A family group that consists not only of parents but also grandparents, aunts etc
Kinship Lernen beginnen		A family relationship or a strong connection between people
Matriarch Lernen beginnen		A woman, especially older, who controls a family or a social group
Surrogate mother Lernen beginnen		A woman who has a baby for another woman who cannot have one
Mum's the word Lernen beginnen		"Be quiet", "Don't tell anyone"
Bad blood Lernen beginnen		Feeling of hatred between relatives because of disputes in the past
Marriage of convenience Lernen beginnen		Marriage entered into for a personal or family advantage
Like father, like son Lernen beginnen		Used for saying that a man or boy has the same attitude as his father
To rule the roost Lernen beginnen		To be in charge, make all decisions
Helicopter parenting Lernen beginnen		Overattentive child-raising
Shack up Lernen beginnen		To live together as unmarried sexual partners
Estranged Lernen beginnen		No longer living with their partner
Distant relative Lernen beginnen		A relative who is not closely related to you
Baptism Lernen beginnen		The sacrament of cleansing from original sin
An infant Lernen beginnen		A child during the first year of life
Overprotective Lernen beginnen		Having a tendency to protect someone excessuvely
Authoritative parenting Lernen beginnen		A parenting where parents set firm limits for their children
Heritage Lernen beginnen		Property that descends to an heir
The apple of someone's eye Lernen beginnen		A person or thing that someone loves very much
An insemination Lernen beginnen		The introduction of semen into a woman by natural or artificial means
To be named after someone Lernen beginnen		To have a name that was inspired by an older member of the family
Orphan Lernen beginnen		A child whose parents are dead
Genealogy Lernen beginnen		The study of family history and lineage
To be with child Lernen beginnen		Old-fashioned way of saying that someone is pregnant
A prenuptial agreement prenup Lernen beginnen		A legal document signed by 2 people before thay marry stating what will happen to their possesions if they divorce
Joint family Lernen beginnen		A family structure in which grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins are considered as a single unit living in one house
An upbringing Lernen beginnen		The treatment and instruction received by a child from its parents throughout its childhood

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