Family member
(a) Family member means with respect to any individual: (1) A person who is a dependent of that individual as the result of marriage, birth, adoption, or placement for adoption; or (2) A first-degree, second-degree, third-degree, or fourth-degree relative of the individual, or of a dependent of the individual as defined in 1635.3(a)(1). (i) First-degree relatives include an individual's parents, siblings, and children. (ii) Second-degree relatives include an individual's grandparents, grandchildren, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, and half-siblings. (iii) Third-degree relatives include an individual's great-grandparents, great grandchildren, great uncles/aunts, and first cousins. (iv) Fourth-degree relatives include an individual's great-great-grandparents, great-great-grandchildren, and first cousins once-removed (i.e., the children of the individual's first cousins).