relative / relation
parenti
pah-REN-teh
False friend alert: 'parente' does NOT mean 'parent' in English — it means 'relative/relation'. The Italian word for parent is 'genitore'. This is one of the most common Italian-English false friends.
Ho molti parenti in Sicilia che non vedo spesso.
I have many relatives in Sicily whom I do not see often.
I parenti si riuniscono tutti a Natale.
All the relatives gather at Christmas.