Child and Relative

Child

Child noun - A young person who is between infancy and adulthood.

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Relative and child are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Relative" instead a noun "Child".

Relative noun - A person connected with another by blood or marriage.

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Child and relative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Child" instead a noun "Relative".

beloved	beloved child	beloved relative
old	old child	old relative
female	female child	female relative
normal	normal child	normal relative
Other adjectives: future, true, dead, single, poor, small, actual, male, sick, ill, innocent, young, illegitimate, next, last, said, surviving, older, favorite, biological.

In other cases, instead of considering the meaning, a parent might name a child after another friend or relative, or just pick a name that sounds nice.

Source: So You Want To / Avoid Writing A Mary Sue
A character has charge of a child (usually her son) and is desperate to keep this child from imitating another relative (usually his father).

Source: Turn Out Like His Father
When a family member or guardian is brought face-to-face with strong evidence that their child or more rarely other relative is a criminal, it will of course affect them in different ways.

Source: Mama Didn't Raise No Criminal

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