extended family
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She was born in St Paul's in 1994 and grew up in Bristol with her Swedish mother, Sadie, younger brother Omar and extended family.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Over the years, Cruz Jimenez has also had the “bittersweet” experience of adding her father and a nephew, along with several other extended family members, to the ever-growing ofrenda.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Through the NGO Afghan Aid, Zikrullah, 35, who supports an extended family of 12 in Badakhshan, received improved wheat seeds and fertiliser.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Few if any of them will ever before have seen money like that in their extended family.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
I felt close now to all twenty-eight letters of the Arabic alphabet; I had adopted them as my own extended family.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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