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1 in place of sb's parents

2 in loco parentis (law)

1 (of siblings) having the same mother but different fathers

2 half (brother or sister)

1 (of siblings) having the same father but different mothers

2 half (brother or sister)

1 paternal grandparents

1 biological parents

2 natural parents

1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor

1 to have lost both one's parents

1 parents

1 the people one depends upon for one's livelihood

2 one's bread and butter

1 step-parents

1 adoptive parents

1 great-grandparents

1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)

1 father and mother

2 parents

1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)

1 maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)

1 nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)

1 patriarchy

1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)

1 Electra complex