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
Mariska	mah-RIS-kah (Dutch)	Hungarian, Dutch
Lacy	LAY-see	English
Silja	SEEL-yah	Finnish
Margareta	mahr-gah-RE-tah (German), MAHR-gah-re-tah (Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Slovene, Dutch, Finnish, Croatian
KristĪNa	-	Latvian
Trudi	TROO-dee	German, English