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The people closest to you — parents, siblings, grandparents, and the rest.
- mammotherfeminine; informal/everyday word
- tadfathermasculine; soft-mutates to 'dad' (e.g. ei dad = his father), nasal-mutates to 'nhad' (fy nhad = my father)
- chwaersisterfeminine; plural 'chwiorydd'
- brawdbrothermasculine; plural 'brodyr'
- mam-gugrandmotherSouth Wales term; North Wales uses 'nain'
- naingrandmotherNorth Wales term; South Wales uses 'mam-gu'
- tad-cugrandfatherSouth Wales term; North Wales uses 'taid'
- taidgrandfatherNorth Wales term; South Wales uses 'tad-cu'
- merchdaughterfeminine; also means 'girl/woman'
- mabsonmasculine; plural 'meibion'
- modrybauntfeminine; both maternal and paternal
- ewythrunclemasculine; informal 'wncwl' also common
- teulufamilymasculine; 'fy nheulu' = my family
- rhieniparentsplural of 'rhiant' (parent)
- brawd neu chwaersiblinglit. 'brother or sister'; Welsh has no single native word. Plural 'brodyr a chwiorydd'. Modern coinage 'brawdchwaer' exists but is rare
- cefndercousin (male)masculine; a male cousin specifically
- cyfnithercousin (female)feminine; a female cousin specifically
- babibabymasculine; everyday word, also 'baban' (more formal)
- gŵrhusbandmasculine; also means 'man'. 'fy ngŵr' = my husband
- gwraigwifefeminine; also means 'woman'. 'fy ngwraig' = my wife