| fond(adjective, paternal, fatherly) | |
| kindly | |
| loving(adjective, paternal, fatherly) | |
| mother | |
| nurturing(adjective, developmental) | |
| overprotective(adjective, care, attention, protection) | |
| warm(adjective, paternal, fatherly) | |
| sympathetic(adjective, motherly) | |
| tender(adjective, paternal, fatherly) | |
| agnate | |
| related(adjective, kindred) | |
| doting | |
| fatherlike | |
| understanding | |
| hereditary(adjective, kindred, inherited) | |
| kindred(adjective, kindred) | |
| sisterly(adjective, benevolence, kindred) | |
| grandfatherly | |
| grandmotherly | |
| grandparental |
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