relative 親戚，親屬
(中文當中提到親戚，似乎都是指關(guān)系較遠的。但英文中 relative 這個詞指的就是 members of your family，也包括親近的家人，如 wife, husband, son, daughter 等。)
All her relatives came to the wedding.
她所有的親戚都來參加了婚禮。

blood relatives 有血緣關(guān)系的親戚
parents 父母 - mother (Mom) / father (Dad)
grandparents (外)祖父母 - grandmother (grandma) 外婆或奶奶 / grandfather (grandpa) 外公或爺爺
great-grandparents 爺爺奶奶或外公外婆的父母
grandchildren (外)孫(女) - grandson 外(孫)／granddaughter (外)孫女
sibling - brother and sister 兄弟姐妹（注意：堂表兄弟姐妹不能被稱為 brother 或者 sister）
cousin - 堂／表兄弟姐妹
uncle - 叔叔，舅舅
aunt - 阿姨，姑媽，舅媽
nephew - 侄子，外甥
niece - 侄女，外甥女

distant relatives 沒有血緣關(guān)系的親戚
英文釋義為 relatives who are related to us but not by blood 沒有血緣關(guān)系的親戚，比如由于婚姻，收養(yǎng)等形成的親戚關(guān)系
spouse - 配偶，夫或妻
Spouse is the person you are married to such as a husband or wife.
When we get married to our spouses, their families becomes ours, but they become our families by “l(fā)aw”.
當我們結(jié)了婚之后，我們配偶的家人就成了我們“法律意義上的”家人。
parents in law 岳父母，公公婆婆 - father in law 岳父，公公／mother in law 岳母，婆婆
brother in law (配偶的)兄弟
sister in law (配偶的)姐妹
step-mother 繼母
step-father 繼父
blended family 繼親家庭，組合家庭