703.310 TAFDC Relationship
(A) Requirements
(1) The grantee must be related to the dependent child in one of the following ways:
(a)A blood relative, including a mother, father, sister,…#
(a) A blood relative, including a mother, father, sister, brother, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle, first cousin, first cousin once removed (second or third cousins are not included under this definition), or any of these relatives of the preceding generation as denoted by prefixes of grand, great, great-great, or great-great-great-grandparents; blood relatives include those of half-blood;
(b)A stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, or stepsister;#
(b) A stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, or stepsister;
(c)A parent by legal adoption or any of the adopting…#
(c) A parent by legal adoption or any of the adopting parent’s blood relatives as defined above, natural children, or adopted children; or