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Also known as stepson, stepdaughter, step child, step-child, step daughter, step son, step-son, step-daughter

A stepchild is the offspring of one's spouse, but not one's own offspring, either biologically or through adoption.

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stepfamily
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female form of label
duonfilino
kinship equivalent in SPARQL at Wikidata
?person ^wdt:P3448 ?relative
opposite of
stepparent
male form of label
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A stepchild is the offspring of one's spouse, but not one's own offspring, either biologically or through adoption.

Stepchildren can come into a family in a variety of ways. A stepchild may be the child of one's spouse from a previous relationship, or alternatively, be the result of an adoption, in which case the child would have no biological relationship with either parent. Some also apply the term loosely to non-custodial relationships where “stepparent" can refer to the partner of a parent with whom the child does not live.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “stepchild” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.