Baker, J.
Leonard Suggs appeals his convictions for Domestic Battery,a Level 6 felony, and Battery, a Level 6 felony. [Footnoted omitted.] Suggs contends that the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions. Finding sufficient evidence, we affirm.
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Suggs’s sole argument on appeal is that the evidence is insufficient to support a conclusion that Warren was his family or household member. An individual is a “family or household member” of another person if the individual:
(1) is a current or former spouse of the other person;
(2) is dating or has dated the other person;
(3) is or was engaged in a sexual relationship with the other person;
(4) is related by blood or adoption to the other person;
(5) is or was related by marriage to the other person;
(6) has or previously had an established legal relationship:
(A) as a guardian of the other person;
(B) as a ward of the other person;
(C) as a custodian of the other person;
(D) as a foster parent of the other person; or
(E) in a capacity with respect to the other person similar to those listed in clauses (A) through (D); or
(7) has a child in common with the other person.
Ind. Code § 35-31.5-2-128 (emphasis added).
In this case, Warren and Suggs were related because Suggs’s aunt was married to Warren’s brother. While we acknowledge that this is an attenuated familial relationship, in looking at the many broad factors set forth by the legislature in defining “family or household member,” it is apparent that the legislature intended this to be a far-reaching term. In other words, the legislature attempted to capture as many types of familial and household relationships as possible, acknowledging that these types of relationships can arise even without a direct blood connection.
Here, not only are Warren and Suggs related by the marriage of Suggs’s aunt and Warren’s brother, but Suggs grew up knowing Warren and calling her “Auntie,” tr. p. 87, and Warren was “family” enough that she attended the family reunion at which she was assaulted. Regardless how attenuated the familial connection is between Warren and Suggs, it exists, both by marriage and by practice. Under these circumstances, we find that a reasonable juror could infer from these facts that Warren is a family or household member of Suggs. In other words, the evidence is sufficient to support Suggs’s conviction for Level 6 felony battery.
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
Najam, J., and Friedlander, J., concur.