how would you understand this sentence---besides He has got no family besides his parents. 1.Does it mean that he neigher has parents nor any other family? * I realized that if I say he has got no family except for his parents, it means that he only has his parents. but I found in my dictionary the sentence with besides in it rather than except for, then I am confused its meaning. 2.We have no class today except for Emhlish. I cannot replace "except for" with "besides" right? Thank you!qa