What Constitutes as "immediate Family"?

I live in NY and were only allowed 50 people right now, so its parents, siblings, grandparents aunt and uncles, no cousins because we couldn't fit all of our first cousins. our bridal party, a few very close friends. and 2 vendors because they count towards the 50. how many people are you allowed to have?

Immediate family is only parents and siblings (and their spouses), plus your own children if you have any. Most people also include grandparents in this. Aunts, uncles, cousins, etc are not immediate family.

Personally I would say It would be parents,
Grandparents , brothers / sisters & their spouses ..and their children.

What I would do is start with parents, siblings (and their spouses & children), and grandparents. Then if you can fit all first aunts/uncles & their spouses add them. Then if you can fit all your nieces and nephews, add them and so on. I wouldn't single out a single person but more the degree of consanguinity. Good luck!

Parents and Siblings only.

View Quoted Comment I live in KY, and they keep changing the amount of people that can be gathered together. At the moment, I think it's also 50, but we're trying to keep it smaller than that for the safety of our grandparents and my mom who is a high risk candidate.

I would say parents, siblings & their significant others, children, and grandparents would considered immediate. Aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. are extended family..

In humble opinion the people who make a difference in your lives so for us both our parents and siblings then our closest person like a cousin growing up.

Immediate family in my opinion would be parents, siblings and grandparents. And their relative spouses and children. Aunt uncles and cousins would not be considered immediate. If you can add any from that list to your guest list it would be great. But I think In your situation it would be hard to invite one aunt and not another so all or nothing in my opinion.

Immediate family is parents, siblings and their spouses, and your own children. I would say “unfortunately, we have to limit our guest list to immediate family only due to capacity restrictions.”

Immediate family to me is my kids siblings and parents
I may considered my grandparents. That's all.

Immediate family is typically your children (if any), parents, and siblings. Sometimes people may stretch it out to grandparents, especially if they live with parents. However, aunts, uncles, and cousins are extended family. Think of it as degrees of separation. There is only 1 step between you and your parents and you and your siblings. There are at least 2 steps for everyone else. One step is immediate, everyone else is extended.

Parents, children, siblings, grandparents. We sent new save the dates, with a note explaining the situation, to everyone who was originally invited and just let our immediate families know about the 2020 plan. In most families, you can't pick and choose aunts and uncles without causing drama. I'm only aware of one person who's really offended about not being included this year, and she'll just have to get over it. If we invited all aunts, uncles, and first cousins, our list would've gone from 15 to 80.
If you really want to include more people in the ceremony, you could invite them to watch over Zoom.

For us, it’s parents and siblings, and their respective spouses.

I agree with everyone else that its parent, siblings (and spouses, children). I personally would include grandparents in that but that's just me.

So we are running into this situation as well. The chapel that we are doing our original date at only allows 30 people and I have sisters and brothers and FH has sisters with their individual families so we basically said only biological parents that's it. No one else. It's really a hard decision to make. Immediate family is your Spouse, Parents, Grandparents, Children (adopted, half and step-children are usually included in the definition), Grandchildren, Siblings, In-laws (mother, father, brother, sister, daughter, and son). That's the basic definition. Like I said its a hard decision and I understand it well. I think to talk to FH and seeing what you guys are comfortable with might be the way to go. Good luck!!

View Quoted Comment I totally agree with this!

I always view immediate family as parents, siblings and grandparents. I think intimately it’s up to the two of you however. I would also hope with the restrictions of Covid people are more understanding about the restriction with numbers.

Your parents, siblings, spouse and children.

Personally I would consider “immediate family” to be siblings, parents, and grandparents.