Family
In the
context of human society, a family (from Latin: familia) is a group of people affiliated either by consanguinity (by recognized birth), affinity (by marriage or any other relationship
like siblings families etc..), or co-residence (as implied by the etymology of
the English word "family"[1]) or
some combination of these. Members of the immediate family include spouses, parents, brothers,
sisters, sons, and/or daughters. Members of the extended family may include
grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, and/or siblings-in-law. Sometimes
these are also considered members of the immediate family, depending on an
individual's specific relationship with them.
In most
societies, the family is the principal institution for the socialization of children. As the basic unit for
raising children, anthropologists generally classify most family
organizations as matrifocal (a mother and her children); conjugal
(a husband, his wife, and children, also called the nuclear family); avuncular (for example, a grandparent, a
brother, his sister, and her children); or extended (parents and children co-reside with
other members of one parent's family). Sexual relations among the members are
regulated by rules concerning incest such as the incest taboo.
The
word "family" can be used metaphorically to create more inclusive
categories such as community, nationhood, global
village and humanism.
The
field of genealogy aims to trace family lineages through
history.
Family
is also an important economic unit studied in family economics.
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