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• RELATIONSHIP OR MEMBER OF HOUSEHOLD TEST
  
  One of the five tests to see if you can claim someone as your dependent. To pass the relationship test, the person must be related to you in at least one of the following ways: 1. Lineal descendant (child, grandchild, great-grandchild; step-lineal descendants such as stepchildren are included). 2. Brother or sister (including stepbrothers and stepsisters and half-brothers and half-sisters). 3. Lineal ancestor (parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, and on up the lineal trunk of the family tr
  
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