blended family

American  

noun

1. a family composed of a couple and their children from previous marriages.

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Etymology

Origin of blended family

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

“Long before it became a pop‑culture pilgrimage site and backdrop for countless photo ops, the Brady Bunch House helped shape America’s vision of family life in the late 1960s and early ’70s — especially the idea of a blended family,” said Adrian Scott Fine, president of the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

Related: ‘I’m part of a blended family that didn’t blend well’: My stepsister added her mailing address to our mother’s bank account.

From MarketWatch

We have a peaceful, if somewhat unconventional, blended family.

From MarketWatch

I’m part of a blended family that didn’t blend well.

From MarketWatch

She and her husband, Ben Sawyer, have a blended family of five children and nine grandchildren, most of whom live near their cozy home in Goleta.

From Los Angeles Times