Stepsibling

Adam

Agatha

Ben

Betty

Charles

David

Charles and David are step-siblings as they are joined by the marriage of their parents Ben and Agatha.

Step-siblings are children born of two different families who have been joined by marriage. A male step-sibling is a stepbrother and a female is a stepsister. The step-siblings relationship is connected through law and is not a blood relation.

Step-siblings are sometimes abbreviated informally as stepsibs.^[1]

Culture

In many fairy tales^[

Mother Hulda features wicked stepsisters who take after their parents. The story Kate Crackernuts serves as a counterexample where the daughter of the evil stepparent is a loving stepsister.^[2]

Many romance novels feature heroes who are the stepbrother of the heroine. The step-relationship generally stems from a marriage when the hero and heroine are at least in their adolescence. ^{[citation needed]}
Some family

The Life of Riley is a 2009 British comedy television series, shown on BBC One & BBC HD. It focuses on the lives of a blended family. Kevin and Kell is a comic strip that focuses on a blended family. The Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb also prominently features a blended family, chosen by co-creator Jeff "Swampy" Marsh in part due to its under-use in children's programming, and his personal experiences growing up in such a family.^[3]

References

^ MMeyer, Robert (2001). The Child Clinician's Handbook. p. 515.
^ The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales, p. 230
^ Bond, Paul (7 June 2009). "Q&A: Dan Povenmire". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2009-08-26.

External links

The dictionary definition of stepsibling at Wiktionary
The dictionary definition of stepsib at Wiktionary
The dictionary definition of stepsister at Wiktionary
The dictionary definition of stepsis at Wiktionary
The dictionary definition of stepbrother at Wiktionary
The dictionary definition of stepbro at Wiktionary

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[1] MMeyer, Robert (2001). The Child Clinician's Handbook. p. 515.

[2] The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales, p. 230

[3] Bond, Paul (7 June 2009). "Q&A: Dan Povenmire". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2009-08-26.

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