stepfamily

family where one parent has children that are not genetically related to the other parent
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stepfamily

Summary

stepfamily is a family structure[1]. stepfamily draws 690 Wikipedia views per month (family_structure category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • stepfamily's instance of is recorded as family structure[3].
  • stepfamily's instance of is recorded as kinship[4].
  • stepfamily is a type of nuclear family[5].
  • stepfamily comprises stepparent[6].
  • stepfamily comprises stepchild[7].
  • stepfamily comprises stepsibling[8].
  • stepfamily's described at URL is recorded as https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2016/05/07/hart-open-en-relax-1615851-a1019288[9].
  • stepfamily's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • stepfamily's different from is recorded as adoptive family[11].
  • stepfamily's different from is recorded as foster family[12].
  • stepfamily's has part is recorded as biological parent[13].
  • stepfamily's has part is recorded as non-biological parent[14].
  • stepfamily's has part is recorded as stepchild[15].
  • stepfamily's has part is recorded as stepparent[16].
  • stepfamily's has part is recorded as legal parent[17].
  • stepfamily's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include family structure[3] and kinship[4]. stepfamily is a type of nuclear family[5].

Use and Application

Components include stepparent[6], a nominal kinship[19]; stepchild[7], a nominal kinship[20]; and stepsibling[8], a nominal kinship[21].

Why It Matters

stepfamily draws 690 Wikipedia views per month (family_structure category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] stepfamily has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] stepfamily is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) of the class biological parent, non-biological parent, stepchild +2
    Has parts
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3299, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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