| parental(adjective, nature, quality, paternity, motherly) | |
| motherly(adjective, benevolence, kindred, developmental, paternal) | |
| supportive | |
| paternal(adjective, benevolence, kindred, paternity, paternal) | |
| female | |
| affectionate(adjective, paternal, fatherly, motherly) | |
| ancestral(adjective, trait, family, kindred, paternity) | |
| enate | |
| enatic | |
| motherlike | |
| fatherly(adjective, benevolence, kindred, paternal) | |
| maternalistic | |
| protective(adjective, paternal, fatherly, motherly) | |
| fraternal(adjective, benevolence, kindred) | |
| parent(adjective, parental) | |
| brotherly(adjective, benevolence, kindred) | |
| devoted(adjective, paternal, fatherly) | |
| patriarchal(adjective, paternity, paternal) | |
| agnatic | |
| consanguine(adjective, kindred) |
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