This is coming.  There is a CC:DA Task Group on Relationship Designators 
that is working on recommending many new designators to add to RDA 
Appendix K.  Many were taken from those used in the Union List of Artist 
Names and include a lot of new kinds of relationships between people. 
You can see their latest report at 
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/tas/jca/ccda/docs/tf-appK4.pdf

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On Fri, 22 Feb 2013, Ziegler, Ruth wrote:

> Is there a way to show related personal names or families in our RDA authority records?
>
> I have a printmaker to establish who apprenticed with a famous printmaker and it would be so nice to have in a field other than the 670.
> Just one of so many possibilities.
>
> If someone is a member of a famous family, a brother or sister, an expert on a famous artist, musician, etc.
>
> Is there a way to do this?
>
> Thanks,
> Ruth
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> Ruth S. Ziegler
> Authorities/Catalog Management Librarian
> Department of Description & Cataloging
> Florida State University
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