UNIQUE FRIENDS SCHOOLSDEFINITION 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
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.