Family

Ancestors is a person in your family who lived a long time ago. According to a family myth, one of jeremy's ancestors was a member of An illegal political movement

Antepasado

Your great grandparents are your parent's grandparents

Bisabuelos

Face to face is close together and looking at each other

Cara a cara

Commuting to work in the rush hour is rather/a bit of a nightmare at the best of times

Casi

Your extended family includes your aunts and uncles and all your cousins

Clan familiar

Being able to share the responsability of caring for elderly parents

Compartir la responsabilidad del cuidado de los padres mayores

Grow is increase in size and grow up is develop into an adult. Most studies agree that last-borns grow up to be the most sociable, extrovert, and creative of the siblings

Crecer Madurar

My sister wears the trousers in her family

Da las órdenes

The wedding is a long way away

Dentro de mucho tiempo

Descendants are children, their children's, and all the people who live after them who are related to them

Descendientes Parientes

Bring up is to care for a child and teach him/her how to behave. Educate is teach somebody at school, university, etc. Upbringing and raise are synonyms

Educar

I have racked my brains, trying to work out why my sister is so upset with me

Exprimir el cerebro

My family is spread out all over the world, so I do a lot of travelling

Extendida

Close family/ friends suggests intimacy and trust as well as enjoyment in each other's company. They are a close family. They get together every weekend

Familia unida, cercana

A father figure is a respected older man who gives help and advice

Figura paterna

Genealogy is the study of family history

Genealogía

My grandparents moved house some time ago/a while back

Hace tiempo

Ruby only wants one more child, but twins run in her family

Hay muchos gemelos en su familia

Your half sister is a daughter your father or mother has with a partner who is not related to you

Hermanastra

Your stepbrother is the son of your mother or father's new spouse from an earlier marriage

Hermanastro

An only child has no brothers or sisters

Hijo único

Personality is one of the favourite areas of research

La personalidad

That's a shame. You used to get on really well together

Llevarse bien

Not being spoilt

Malcriar, mimar

The atmosphere's a bit tense right now as my two sisters aren't on speaking terms

No se hablan la una a la otra

Bride is a woman on her wedding day and bridegroom is a man on his wedding day

Novia Novio

A nuclear family usually refers to a mother, father, and their children

Núcleo familiar

You have just been promoted. You must be really proud of yourself

Orgulloso de ti mismo

My younger brother is the black sheep of the family

Oveja negra de la familia

A single parent has to bring up their children without help from a partner

Padre o madre soltera

Take after is to look or behave like somebody. My cousin takes after my aunt. They are both extremely neurotic

Parecerse en el carácter

Look like means to have a similar appearance to somebody. Sophie looks like her mother. Some people think they must be sisters

Parecerse físicamente

The visitors turned out to be distant relative. He was one of our late father's cousins

Pariente lejano

I much prefer travelling on my own/ by myself

Por mi cuenta

They are more prone to accidents, which means they take more time off work

Propensos a

Traits are particular qualities in your personality

Rasgos

People expect you to be available all day, so it's incredibly time-consuming

Requiere mucho tiempo

We are having a family get-together to celebrate my dad's 80th birthday

Reunion familiar

We discovered a skeleton in the cupboard when our aunt came to visit

Secreto familiar escondido

They split up because they didn't see eye to eye on how to raise their children

Separar, divorciar/ Tienen opiniones completamente diferentes

We have the same taste in clothes. In fact, We are very alike

Similares

There used to be a company bus

Solía haber una compañía de autobuses

Family three is a diagram that shows the relationship between members of a family over a long period of time

Árbol de familia

Not being the sole centre of your parent's expectations

Único centro