family

a social unit living together

"he moved his family to Virginia"

"It was a good Christian household"

"I waited until the whole house was asleep"

"the teacher asked how many people made up his home" primary social group

parents and children

"he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" a collection of things sharing a common attribute

"there are two classes of detergents" people descended from a common ancestor

"his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" a person having kinship with another or others

"he's kin"

"he's family" (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera

"sharks belong to the fish family" a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities an association of people who share common beliefs or activities

"the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"

"the church welcomed new members into its fellowship"

This article is about the human domestic group. For other uses, see Family (disambiguation).'' , Burkina Faso in 1997]]A family is a domestic group (sociology)group of people, or a number of domestic groups, typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by comparable legal relationships including domestic partnership, adoption, surname and in some cases ownership (as was the case in the Roman Empire). Although many people (including social scientists) have understood familial relationships in terms of "blood," many cultural anthropologyanthropologists have argued that the notion of "blood" must be understood metaphorically, and in that in many societies family is understood through other concepts rather than "blood."Article 16(3) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says, "The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State".

Family cross-culturally - According to sociology and anthropology, the primary function of the family is to reproduce society, either biologically, socially, or both. Thus, one's experience of one's family shifts over time. From the perspective of children, the family is a family of orientation: the family serves to locate children socially, and plays a major role in their enculturation and socialization. From the point of view of the parent(s), the family is a family of procreation the goal of which is to produce and enculturate and socialize children. However, producing children is not the only function of the family. In societies with a sexual division of labor, marriage, and the resulting relationship between a husband and wife, is necessary for the formation of an economically productive household. In modern societies marriage entails particular rights and privilege that encourage the formation of new families even when there is no intention of having children.The structure of families traditionally hinges on relations between parents and children, between spouses, or both. Consequently, there are four major types of family: patrifocal, matrifocal, consanguineal and conjugal. (Note: these are ideal families. In all societies there are acceptable deviations from the ideal or statistical norm, owing either to incidental circumstances, such as the death of a member of the family, infertility or personal preferences).A patrifocal family consists of a father and his children and is found in societies where men take multiple wives (polygamy or polygyny)and/or remain involved with each for a relatively short time. This type of family is rare from a worldwide perspective but occurs in Islamic states with considerable frequency. In some emirates the laws encourage this structure by allowing a maximum of four wives per man at any given time, and automatic deflection of custody rights to the father in the case of a divorce. In these societies a man will often take a wife and may conceive a child with her, but after a relatively short time put her out of his harem so he can take another woman without exceeding the quota of 4. The man then keeps his child and thus a patrifocal structure emerges. Even without the expulsion of the mother, the structure may be patrifocal because the children (often as infants) are removed from the harem structure and placed into the father's family.A matrifocal family consists of a mother and her children. Generally, these children are her biological offspring, although adoption of children is a practice in nearly every society. This kind of family is common where women have the resources to rear their children by themselves, or where men are more mobile than women.A consanguineal family consists of a mother and her children, and other people — usually the family of the mother. This kind of family is common where mothers do not have the resources to rear their children on their own, and especially where property is inherited. When important property is owned by men, consanguineal families commonly consist of a husband and wife, their children and other members of the husband's family.A conjugal family consists of one or more mothers and their children, and/or one or more spouses (usually husbands). This kind of family is common where there is a division of labor requiring the participation of both men and women, and where families are relatively mobile. A notable subset of this family type is the nuclear family, in which one woman has one husband and they raise their children together.

Family in the West - is intended to represent the average Middle America (US)middle American "nuclear" family.]]The preceding types of families are found in a wide variety of settings, and their specific functions and meanings depend largely on their relationship to other social institutions. SociologySociologists are especially interested in the function and status of these forms in stratified, especially capitalist, societies.Non-scholars, especially in the United States and Europe, use the term "nuclear family" to refer to conjugal families. Sociologists distinguish between conjugal families that are relatively independent of the kindreds of the parents and of other families in general, and nuclear families which maintain relatively close ties with their kindreds.Non-scholars, especially in the United States and Europe, also use the term "extended family". This term has two distinct meanings. First, it is used synonymously with consanguinal family. Second, in societies dominated by the conjugal family, it is used to refer to kindred (an egocentric network of relatives that extends beyond the domestic group) who do not belong to the conjugal family.These types refer to ideal or normative structures found in particular societies. In any society there is some variation in the actual composition and conception of families. Much sociological, historyhistorical and cultural anthropologyanthropological research is dedicated to understanding this variation, and changes over time in the family form. Thus, some speak of the bourgeois family, a family structure arising out of 16th and 17th century European households, in which the center of the family is a marriage between a man and woman, with strictly defined gender roles. The man typically is responsible for income and support, the woman for home and family matters. In contemporary Europe and the United States, people academic, political and civil sectors have called attention to single-father-headed households, and families headed by gaysame-sex couples, although academics point out that these forms exist in other societies.

Economic function of the family - In traditional society the family is often supposed to have been the primary economic unit. This role has gradually diminished in modern times and in societies like the United States is much smaller except for certain sectors such as agriculture and a few upper class families. In China the family as an economic unit still plays a strong role in the countryside. However, the relations between the economic role of the family, its socio-economic mode of production and cultural values are highly complex. Midwestern U.S. family of Danish/German extraction]]

Kinship terminology - A kinship terminology is a specific system of familial relationships. The now rather dated anthropologist Louis Henry Morgan argued that kinship terminologies reflect different sets of distinctions. For example, most kinship terminologies distinguish between sexes (this is the difference between a brother and a sister) and between generation (this is the difference between a child and a parent). Moreover, he argued, kinship terminologies distinguish between relatives by blood and marriage (although recently some anthropologists have argued that many societies define kinship in terms other than "blood").But Morgan also observed that different languages (and thus, societies) organize these distinctions differently. He thus proposed to describe kin terms and terminologies as either descriptive or classificatory. "Descriptive" terms refer to only one type of relationship, while "classificatory" terms refer to many types of relationships. Most kinship terminologies include both descriptive and classificatory terms. For example, in Western societies there is only one way to be related to one's brother (brother = parents' son); thus, in Western society, brother is a descriptive term. But there are many ways to be related to one's cousin (cousin = mother's brother's son, mother's sister's son, father's brother's son, father's sister's son, and so on); thus, in Western society, "cousin" is a classificatory term.Morgan discovered that what may be a descriptive term in one society can be a classificatory term in another society. For example, in some societies there are many different people that one would call "mother" (the woman of whom one was born, as well as her sister and husband's sister, and also one's father's sister). Moreover, some societies do not lump together relatives that the West classifies together (in other words, in some languages there is no word for cousin because mother's sister's children and father's sister's children are referred to in different terms).Armed with these different terms, Morgan identified six basic patterns of kinship terminologies:

Hawaiian kinshipHawaiian: the most classificatory; only distinguishes between sex and generation.

Sudanese kinshipSudanese: the most descriptive; no two relatives are referred to by the same term.

Eskimo kinshipEskimo: has both classificatory and descriptive terms; in addition to sex and generation, also distinguishes between lineal relatives (who are related directly by a line of descent) and collateral relatives (who are related by blood, but not directly in the line of descent). Lineal relatives have highly descriptive terms, collateral relatives have highly classificatory terms.

Iroquois kinshipIroquois: has both classificatory and descriptive terms; in addition to sex and generation, also distinguishes between siblings of opposite sexes in the parental generation. Siblings of the same sex are considered blood relatives, but siblings of the opposite sex are considered relatives by marriage. Thus, one's mother's sister is also called mother, and one's father's brother is also called father; however, one's mother's brother is called father-in-law, and one's father's sister is called mother-in-law.

Crow kinshipCrow: like Iroquois, but further distinguishes between mother's side and father's side. Relatives on the mother's side of the family have more descriptive terms, and relatives on the father's side have more classificatory terms.

Omaha kinshipOmaha: like Iroquois, but further distinguishes between mother's side and father's side. Relatives on the mother's side of the family have more classificatory terms, and relatives on the father's side have more descriptive terms.Societies in different parts of the world and using different languages may share the same basic terminology; in such cases it is very easy to translate the kinship terms of one language into another, although connatations may vary. But it is usually impossible to translate directly the kinship terms of a society that uses one system into the language of a society that uses a different system.Some languages, such as Chinese languageChinese, Japanese languageJapanese, and Hungarian languageHungarian, add another dimension to some relations: relative age. There are, e.g., different words for "older brother" and "younger brother." Thus, although Westerners may naturally agree with Morgan that "brother" is descriptive rather than classificatory, speakers of these languages might disagree.

English kinship terminology - Most Western societies employ Eskimo Kinship terminology. This kinship terminology is common in societies based on conjugal (or nuclear) families, where nuclear families must be relatively mobile.Members of the nuclear family use descriptive kinship terms:

Mother: the female parent

Father: the male parent

Son: the males born of the mother; sired by the father

Daughter: the females born of the mother; sired by the father

Brother: a male born of the same mother; sired by the same father

Sister: a female born of the same mother; sired by the same fatherIt is generally assumed that the mother's husband is also the genitor. In some families, a woman may have children with more than one man or a man may have children with more than one woman. Children who share one parent but not another are called "half-brothers" or "half-sisters." Children who do not share parents, but whose parents are married, are called "step-brothers" or "step-sisters." If a person is married to the parent of a child, but is not the parent of the child themselves, then they are the "step-parent" of the child, either the "stepmother" or "stepfather". Children who are adopted into a family are generally called by the same terms as children born into the family.Typically, societies with conjugal families also favor neolocal residence; thus upon marriage a person separates from the nuclear family of their childhood (family of orientation) and forms a new nuclear family (family of procreation). This practice means that members of one's own nuclear family were once members of another nuclear family, or may one day become members of another nuclear family.Members of the nuclear families of members of one's own nuclear family may be lineal or collateral. When they are lineal, they are referred to in terms that build on the terms used within the nuclear family:

Grandfather: a parent's father

Grandmother: a parent's mother

Grandson: a child's son

Granddaughter: a child's daughterWhen they are collateral, they are referred to in more classificatory terms that do not build on the terms used within the nuclear family:

Uncle: father's brother, father's sister's husband, mother's brother, mother's sister's husband

Aunt: father's sister, father's brother's wife, mother's sister, mother's brother's wife

Nephew: sister's sons, brother's sons

Niece: sister's daughters, brother's daughtersWhen separated by additional generations (in other words, when one's collateral relatives belong to the same generation as one's grandparents or grandchildren), these terms are modified by the prefix "great".Most collateral relatives were never members of the nuclear family of the members of one's own nuclear family.

Cousin: the most classificatory term; the children of aunts or uncles. Cousins may be further distinguished by degree of collaterality and generation. Two persons of the same generation who share a grandparent are "first cousins" (one degree of collaterality); if they share a great-grandparent they are "second cousins" (two degrees of collaterality) and so on. If the shared ancestor is the grandparent of one individual and the great-grandparent of the other, the individuals are said to be "first cousins once removed" (removed by one generation); if the shared ancestor is the grandparent of one individual and the great-great-grandparent of the other, the individuals are said to be "first cousins twice removed" (removed by two generations), and so on. Similarly, if the shared ancestor is the great-grandparent of one person and the great-great-grandparent of the other, the individuals are said to be "second cousins once removed." Distant cousins of an older generation (in other words, one's parents' first cousins) are technically first cousins once removed, but are often classified with "aunts" and "uncles".Similarly, a person may refer to close friends of one's parents as "aunt" or "uncle," or may refer to close friends as "brother" or "sister". This practice is called fictive kinship.Relationships by marriage, except for wife/husband, are qualified by the term "-in-law". The mother and father of one's spouse are one's mother-in-law and father-in-law; the spouse of one's son or daughter is one's son-in-law or daughter-in-law.The term "sister-in-law" refers to three essentially different relationships, either the wife of one's brother, or the sister of one's spouse, or the wife of one's spouse's sibling. "Brother-in-law" is similarly ambiguous. There are no special terms for the rest of one's spouse's family.Specific distinctions vary among Western societies. For instance, in French, the prefix ''beau-'' or ''belle-'' is used for both "-in-law" and "step-"; in other words, one's ''belle-soeur'' could be the sister of one's spouse, the wife of one's sibling, the wife of one's spouse's sibling, or the daughter of one's parent's spouse. In Spanish, each of the roles that English creates with the suffix "-in-law" has a different word (''suegros''- parents-in-law, ''yerno''-son-in-law, ''nuera''-daughter-in-law, ''cuñados''-siblings-in-law), but there is a suffix -''astro'' or ''-astra'' that is equivalent to "step-". In Swedish, terms for grandparents differ on the side of the parents, i.e., "farfar" and "farmor" (father-father, father-mother) vs. "mormor" and "morfar" (mother-mother, mother-father). There is also a term, "half-sibling" (and -brother, -sister) for siblings with whom one shares only one parent.

See also -

Ancestor

Consanguinity

Clan

Complex family

Domestic Violence

dysfunctional family

Family law

Family life in literature

Family name

Family relationship

Family history

Family as a model for the state

Genealogy

Household

Illegitimacy

Marriage

Pedigree collapse

The Family: A Proclamation to the World

References -

''American Kinship'', David Schneider

''A Natural History of Families'', Scott Forbes, Princeton University Press, 2005, ISBN 0691094829

''More Than Kin and Less Than Kind'', Douglas W. Mock, Belknap Press, 2004, ISBN 0674012852

External links -

wikitree.org - WikiTree.org - freely-edited family tree of all human beings.

''Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences'': !http://bitbucket.icaap.org/

''Cousins'': !http://www.tedpack.org/cousins .html

islamimatrimonials.com - Muslim Matrimonial and Muslim Family

''The Good Enough Family'': !http://samvak.tripod.com/famil y.html

''Cousin marriages'': !http://www.cousincouples.com/< li> ''Family Court'': !http://www.stephenbaskerville. net/

unh.edu - Family Research Laboratory

''Wiktionary entries for Western kinship terminology providing multilingual translations''

* Wiktionary:mothermother, Wiktionary:fatherfather, Wiktionary:sonson, Wiktionary:daughterdaughter, Wiktionary:brotherbrother, Wiktionary:sistersister

* Wiktionary:grandmothergrandmother Wiktionary:grandfathergrandfather Wiktionary:grandsongrandson !Wiktionary:granddaughter granddaughter

* Wiktionary:uncleuncle Wiktionary:auntaunt Wiktionary:nephewnephew Wiktionary:nieceniece

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Online parenting resource for mothers and fathers with children of all ages.
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Kit2Fit Fun Travel Accessories
Travel Gear, Beach Accessories and Footwear. Whether traveling by air, sea, road or rail we have everything to keep evertone amused.
http://www.kit2fit.com

Pearangel Art Studio
Pearangel Art Studio is a family artistic team that unfolded on the kitchen table of the Montgomery home. The breasted pear, a womanly shaped pear, was Micheline's and Kaja's first creative collaboration. Kaja sculpted and Micheline painted. Micheline's need to create, has inspired all her children to express themselves through the visual arts. Her son, Yan Montgomery has recently joined Pearangel Art Studio's virtual gallery.
http://www.pearangelart.com/

Paul Murphy Photography
Serving Sonoma County Wine Country.
http://www.paulmurphyphotography.com/

blauespferd coaching and unexpected experiences
Training, Coaching , Consulting for Individuals, Parents and Kids. Companian Books and other multimedia projects on different topics.
http://www.blauespferd.de/

Polar Studios
Polar Studio, your experts in portrait, wedding and commercial photography for the North Bay area.
http://www.polarstudio.ca

Ipswich Community Church
ipswich community church, ICC, a charismatic church, which currently meets at Thurleston School and regularly runs alpha and youth alpha courses, kids klub and mother and toddler group.
http://www.icchurch.co.uk/

typical french family cooking
true recipes of grand mother,for a good and typical dinner; it's a very old restaurant of 17th century. you're welcome in this best place,and we speack english,italian and deutch
http://www.marc-mitonne.com/

Revival of Love
Christian love poems, sonnets, and other poetry for praise and worship, friendship and singles, courtship and romance, marriage and family life, to honor Jesus Christ and the poet's future wife.
http://www.psonnets.org/

The Little Things
Positive thinking quotes, motivations and inspirations about the little things in life that keep us going and make us smile. Keep smiling. Be happy. Love yourself, love your family. Smile.
http://www.chench.com/thelittlethings/

Servant of the Lord: Online!
Central Virginia's Premier Christian Online Service
http://www.sotl.org/

Lambert's Family Home Page and all Lambert Archive
The Lambert Genealogy Home Page - A starting point for all English and Irish Lamberts
http://www.familylambert.net/

Christian Moms of Many Blessings
Our goal is to encourage and strengthen Christian stay at home moms, particularly those with many blessings (children) in their day to day walk. Our desire is that we will all submit, obey, and grow closer to our Lord Jesus Christ so He may say, Well done good and faithful servant. And as scripture says, we need to be like iron sharpening iron. Whether you have one or 21 children, we warmly welcome you! Behold, children are a gift of the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; they shall not be ashamed, when they speak with their enemies in the gate. Psalm 127:3-5
http://www.cmomb.com/

Rachel's Writings
Rachel's Writings includes a variety of practical, informative, inspiring, and entertaining articles, poetry and short stories written by Rachel Keller a Christian homeschooling mother who loves being frugal and enjoys exercising. After visiting Rachel's Writings, click on the link to her frugal parenting column.
http://www.rachelkeller.com/

Aero BUNGY Maxi-TRAMPOLINE.com BUNGEE TRAMPOLINE manufacturer 4in1 elastic Salto trampoline funball shootair, CLIMBING WALLS
BUNGY Maxi-TRAMPOLINE.com Bungee trampoline manufacturer, SALTO ELASTIC 4in1 mobile trailer, Worldwide Developer for attractions parks CLIMBING wall, Funball Shootair, space bikes, rodeo mechanic bull, sports games simulator
http://www.maxi-trampoline.com/

Au pair
Association Intercontact has a great number of girls(french mostly) who wish to work as a au pair(baby sitter) in USA and other countries and families who are looking for an au pair(baby sitter) from all over the world.
http://www.fille-au-pair.com/

Ohio Vacation Travel and Cabin Rental Lodging Guide
Ohio Lodging at Bnbs, Cabins, Cottages, Condos, Chalets, Country Inns and more. Great places to stay on your next family vacation, romantic getaway weekend, or weekend getaways in Ohio.
http://www.ohiolodgingrentals.com/

NETinTouch
Contact family and friends by leaving messages on a virtual! noticeboard!
http://www.netintouch.net/

France For Families
An online travel guide to booking a family holiday in France and the best attractions to visit.
http://www.france4families.com/

Riding High
freewheeling comic-drama about alienated hipster-cyclist-weed dealer-peacenik
http://www.ridinghigh.net/

Genealogy Search Australia
The Australian genealogy search engine and directory for family history research
http://www.searchwhateveraustralia.com.au

The Boogie North Website
What started as a party in 1992 has evolved into a way of life. The boogie preserves one of the vanishing musical genres, the jam session. YEAH BABY! BOOYAH SKIDADDY...
http://www.theboogie.com/

Elmsted Court Farm
Bed & Breakfast & Self Catering on Working Sheep and Arable Farm within the Kent Downs an area of Oustanding Natural Beauty
http://elmsted-court-farm.co.uk/

Becky's Drive-In Theater
The official website of Becky's Drive-In Theatre - located in Berlinsville Pennsylvania (approx. 11 miles North of Allentown, PA, 20 miles West of Easton, PA and 15 miles from Bethlehem, PA). This website includes movie show times, pictures, history, souvenirs, directions, weather, and much more!
http://www.beckysdi.com/

Parent's Resource Guide [Phoenix, Arizona]
The only reference book of its kind in the Phoenix area directly targeted to address the needs of parents and caregivers of children from childcare, preschools, charter and private schools, special needs, enrichment, entertainment and youth sports.
http://www.parentsresourceguide.com

Blanche Mackey Photography
Photographer specializing in portraits and childrens photography
http://www.blanchemackey.com/

eleonas apartments
elonas apartment is a family comlex of 24 apatrments, with a big swiming pool, full of trees and green, for relaxing vacation.
http://www.eleonas.net/

A Kaminsky Family Tree
The incomplete genealogy of an extended family Kaminsky
http://www.kaminsky.nl/

Focus on the Family
Official site offers practical helps for marriage and child-rearing. Recent magazine articles, letters from Dr. James Dobson, news, and RealAudio broadcasts.
http://www.family.org/

Family Fun
A comprehensive online source for creative crafts, fun activities, recipes, as well as expert tips on parenting and parties.
http://familyfun.go.com/

Family Search
Official LDS Genealogy site, search for your ancestors or submit your data for others to share.
http://www.familysearch.org

Family Education
Educational ideas for teachers, parents and providers. There is a vast amount of information and resources to help teachers, parents and day care providers.
http://familyeducation.com/

iVillage, Inc.
Provides online services primarily tailored to the interests and needs of women. (Nasdaq: IVIL).
http://www.ivillage.com/

Family Village
A Very comprehensive site that covers all aspects of parenting a child with special needs. Webmaster is a parent.
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/

Family Research Council
Exists to reaffirm and promote nationally, and particularly in Washington, DC, the traditional family unit and the Judeo-Christian value system upon which it is built.
http://www.frc.org/