| relationship | relative | close relative | 
| engaged that my daughter is engaged to be married. | engagement ...announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Monroe Norton... | to celebrate | 
| to divorce | divorce / scheiding | because of / on account of | 
| to live together / to cohabit | to serparate | inseparable | 
| single | to desert / to abandom | to bring up / to raise up | 
| foster parents | stepfather | ancestor | 
| to descend (from) | bachelor | adult grown-up / adult | 
| grown-up | to regard / to consider | among | 
| naaste familielid | familielid | ralatie | 
| vieren | verloving verloving | verloofd verloofd | 
| vanwege | scheiding | scheiden | 
| onafscheidelijk | uit elkaar gaan | samenwonen | 
| grootbrengen | in de steek laten | alleenstaand | 
| voorouder | stiefvader | pleegouders | 
| volwassene | vrijgezel | afstammen (van) | 
| onder | beschouwen | volwassen |