Family

DEFINITION OF A FAMILY

A family is a group of persons who live together as one and are united  by ties of marriage, blood or adoption. Family members are each other kins.

      TYPES OF FAMILY

1. THE NUCLEAR FAMILY:This is made up of a man, his wife and their children. It is also sometimes called a monogamous family because it arises from one man and one wife only.
2. POLYGAMOUS FAMILY: This is made up of a man, his wives and their several children. In a polygamous family, a man is legally married to more than one wife.
3. EXTENDED FAMILY: This type of family is made up of husband, his wife or wives, their children and other relations like uncles, aunts, cousins, grand parentse.t.c.

FAMILY TREE

In the different types of family, members relate to each other in special ways. This relationship can be called kinship pattern. A family tree is a graph or diagram that shows the kinship pattern of a family. It shows how family members are related to each other.

FAMILY RELATIONSHIP OR KINSHIP PATTERNS

TITTLE RELATIONSHIP

Parents Father and Mother

Siblings Brothers and Sisters

Grand- parents Parent’s parents

Great- grand- parents Grand- parents of parents

Uncles Father’s or Mother’s brothers

Aunts Father’s or Mother’s sisters

Nephews Brother’s or Sister’s sons

Nieces Brother’s or Sister’s daughter

First cousins Uncle’s or Aunt’s children

Grand children A person’s children’s children

Great- grand- children A person’s grand children’s children.