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Step-siblings are children born of two different families who have been joined by marriage. A male step-sibling is astepbrother and a female is astepsister. The step-siblings relationship isconnected through law and is not ablood relation.
Step-siblings are sometimes abbreviated informally asstepsibs.[1]
In many fairy tales, the central character has a stepmother and the step-siblings serve as an extension of their mother.Cinderella andMother Hulda features wicked stepsisters who take after their parents. The storyKate Crackernuts serves as a counterexample where the daughter of the evil stepparent is a loving stepsister.[2]
Manyromance 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 familyfilms and televisionsitcoms feature a blended nuclear family including siblings as the center premise. In many cases, the step-family is large and full of children causing situations such as sibling rivalry, rooming, falling in love, and getting along amongst the children as popular plot-lines. This premise gained traction with the 1968 filmsYours, Mine and Ours andWith Six You Get Eggroll and the 1969 launch of the television sitcomThe Brady Bunch. Some contemporary family sitcoms have made the blended family sitcom more popular with theTGIF showStep by Step bringing about other shows such asAliens in the Family,Life with Derek,Drake & Josh, and the short-livedNBC family sitcomSomething So Right.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. TheDisney Channel animated seriesPhineas and Ferb also prominently features a blended family, chosen by co-creatorJeff "Swampy" Marsh in part due to its under-use in children's programming, and his personal experiences growing up in such a family.[3]
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