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| In ] and common useage, a '''family''' is a group of people, affiliated by blood (i.e. biologically related) or by legal ties such as marriage or adoption. While the most common form of such legal ties has been the marriage of a man and a woman, historians and sociologists have recorded countless variations of the family. | |||
| A '''nuclear family''' consists of a married couple and their offspring. | A '''nuclear family''', in common useage, consists of a married couple and their offspring. | ||
| An '''extended family''' adds other close relatives. In America, before the term ''nuclear family'' gained currency, the term ''family'' generally had the meaning of the more modern term ''extended family''. | An '''extended family''' adds other close relatives. In America, before the term ''nuclear family'' gained currency, the term ''family'' generally had the meaning of the more modern term ''extended family''. | ||
| Compare: ] | Compare: ] | ||
| In t ], a '''family''' is part of the taxonomy scheme of organisms, falling between the less specific "order" and more specific "genus". Humans, for instance, are of family Hominidae. | |||
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In sociology and common useage, a family is a group of people, affiliated by blood (i.e. biologically related) or by legal ties such as marriage or adoption. While the most common form of such legal ties has been the marriage of a man and a woman, historians and sociologists have recorded countless variations of the family.
A nuclear family, in common useage, consists of a married couple and their offspring.
An extended family adds other close relatives. In America, before the term nuclear family gained currency, the term family generally had the meaning of the more modern term extended family.
Compare: household
In t biology, a family is part of the taxonomy scheme of organisms, falling between the less specific "order" and more specific "genus". Humans, for instance, are of family Hominidae.