like one of the family

as if someone (or a pet) were a member of one's family. We treat our dog like one of the family. We are very happy to have you stay with us, Bill. I hope you don't mind if we treat you like one of the family.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Franklyn	FRANGK-lin	English
Dorofey	-	Russian
Abdullohi	-	Tajik
Aneirin	-	Welsh
AdÉLaÏDe	a-de-la-EED	French
Christina	kris-TEEN-ə (English), kris-TEE-nah (German, Swedish, Dutch)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch