Differentiating new (wife and children) and old family (parents) in a dedication

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I am writing a dedication:

To my family, parents and mentors

Parents were also my family when I was a kid. Thus, may this "overlap" in the differents terms cause confusion?
A wordier option:

To my wife, children, parents and mentors

Less wordier option:

To my family and mentors

Or how to solve this?

Catherine S. Stewart · Answer

You could say generations.
"To generations of my family and mentors..."
or,
"To generations of 'Smiths', mentors, honored guests..."
I think it would border on insulting to split hairs and say,
"To my immediate family, my parents, my mentors..."

Differentiating new (wife and children) and old family (parents) in a dedication

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