Big Bird's family.
Family[]
Granny BirdGrandmother
Big Bird's MommyMother
Big Bird's DaddyFather
Tondaleasister
Alexander Graham Birdgrandfather
Admiral Albatross Birdgreat-grandfather
Nani BirdAunt
Henny YoungbirdAunt
Auntie AudubonAunt
Uncle SlimUncle
Henry DuckUncle
Bartholomew BirdCousin
Bunscombe BirdCousin
Bertha BirdCousin
Bagshot BirdCousin
Bathsheba BirdCousin
Herman BirdCousin
HumperdinkUncle
Little BirdCousin
Natalie BirdCousin
Olivia Ostrich BirdCousin
XavierCousin
BenjiParakeet Cousin
PacoParrot Cousin
ZeroPenguin Cousin
BlubbaPenguin Cousin
TomTurkey Cousin
Daddy DodoFoster father
Mommy DodoFoster mother
Donnie DodoFoster brother
Marie DodoFoster sister
International cousins[]
Big Bird's counterparts from international co-productions of Sesame Street are often mentioned as his "cousins." In 2021, Big Bird posted a thread on Twitter about many of his international cousins.
AbelardoCousin from Plaza Sésamo
Minik KusCousin from Susam Sokağı
PinoCousin from Sesamstraat
PoupasCousin from Rua Sésamo
GaribaldoCousin from Vila Sésamo
Imaginary[]
younger brotherMentioned as a joke on The Muppet Show in episode 318
The Bird Familyimagined in Follow That Bird
Casperbrother imagined in Episode 1723
Unseen[]
- Nephew Marlon — mentioned in Episode 0295
- Cousin Monroe — mentioned in Episode 0320, Episode 0386
- Cousin Freddy — mentioned in Episode 0398
- Aunt Tondalea — mentioned in Episode 0398, Episode 0429
- Aunt albatross — mentioned in Episode 0405
- Aunt Betty — mentioned in Episode 0429
- Cousin Leon — mentioned in Episode 0451
- Cousin Iggy — mentioned in Episode 0488
- Cousin Everette — mentioned in Episode 0504
- Cousin Nellie — mentioned in Episode 0511
- Cousin Bertie — mentioned in Episode 0519
- Uncle Norman — mentioned in Episode 0635
- Aunt Henrietta — mentioned in Episode 0635
- Cousin Timalina — mentioned in Episode 0725
- Cousin Tondalea — mentioned in Episode 0727
- Aunt Tilly Birdwhistle — mentioned in Episode 0803
- Cousin Fenwick — mentioned in Episode 0821
- Cousin Myrtle — mentioned in Episode 0825
- Uncle Mordecai — mentioned in Episode 0956 (named in Episode 1929), described as a swallow from Capistrano
- Aunt Tweety — mentioned in Episode 1030
- Aunt Katydid — mentioned in Episode 1077
- Uncle Hawkeye — mentioned in Episode 1077
- Uncle Charlie — mentioned in Episode 1090, Episode 1134, Episode 1486, Camping in Canada
- Cousin Murgatroyd (nicknamed "Murgy") — a hawk who Big Bird mentions can't fly as high as an airplane in Episode 1090
- Aunt Matilda — duck relative mentioned in Episode 1134
- Cousin Very Strange Harold — mentioned in Episode 1134
- Uncle Sylvester — mentioned in Episode 1433
- Auntie Maureen — mentioned in Episode 1576
- Cousin Floyd — mentioned in Episode 1576
- Uncle Al and Aunt Flo — mentioned in Episode 2069
- Uncle Ezra — mentioned in Episode 2141
- Cousin Henrietta — duck relative mentioned in Episode 2293
- Uncle Ned — mentioned in a video postcard
- Cousin Bernie — mentioned in Big Bird in Japan
- Cousin Phoebe — mentioned in The Best of Ernie and Bert
- Meadowlark cousins — mentioned in Episode 0625
- A robin cousin — mentioned and seen in "Spring is Here" and Episode 1077
- A hen aunt from Cincinnati — mentioned in Episode 1958
- geese — mentioned in Episode 2998 as an explanation for how he can understand the Honkers
- A roadrunner cousin — mentioned in Episode 3336
- A tikling cousin — mentioned in Episode 3576
- An emu grandfather — mentioned in A Celebration of Me, Grover
- A turkey uncle — mentioned on Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Unnamed penguins, flamingos, and sparrows — mentioned on The Sesame Street Podcast with Foley & Friends "Family"