Scope of certain words.
Section 11
SEC. 11. Scope of certain words.—The words "son," "daughter," or "children," as used in this Act, shall include stepchildren, adopted children, and illegitimate children acknowledged before the injury was contracted; but they shall not include married persons, unless the same be dependents, for any reason provided for in law. The word "brother" or "sister" includes stepbrothers or stepsisters, half brothers or half sisters, and brothers or sisters by adoption; but it does not include married brothers or married sisters, unless the same are dependents for any reason provided for in law. The words "grandson," "granddaughter," or "grandchild" include children of adopted children and children of stepchildren; but they do not include stepchildren of children, nor stepchildren of stepchildren, nor stepchildren of adopted children, nor married grandchildren, unless the same be dependents in accordance with the law. The word "parents" includes stepfathers and stepmothers and parents by adoption. The words "grandfather," "grandmother" or "grandparents" include the parents of parents by adoption; but they do not include parents of step-parents, step-parents of parents, nor stepparents of step-parents.