FAMILIES Mark Anderson Ant 1010 Web version without illustrations Reference: Haviland et al Monday, March 21, 2005 PC 8 Room 102, SLCC, Redwood Campus

KINDS OF FAMILIES NUCLEAR FAMILY NUCLEAR FAMILY BLENDED FAMILIES BLENDED FAMILIES EXTENDED FAMILY EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILY OF ORIENTATION FAMILY OF ORIENTATION FAMILY OF PROCREATION FAMILY OF PROCREATION CONJUGAL FAMILY CONJUGAL FAMILY CONSANGUINEAL FAMILY CONSANGUINEAL FAMILY POLYGAMOUS FAMILY POLYGAMOUS FAMILY

NUCULEAR FAMILY A group consisting of one or more parents and dependent offspring. May include a stepparent, stepsiblings, and adopted children. A group consisting of one or more parents and dependent offspring. May include a stepparent, stepsiblings, and adopted children.

BLENDED FAMILY A MARRIED COUPLE RAISING CHILDREN TOGETHER FROM THEIR PREVIOUS UNIONS. A MARRIED COUPLE RAISING CHILDREN TOGETHER FROM THEIR PREVIOUS UNIONS.

FAMILY OF ORIENTATION  Family into which one is born or adopted and raised. FAMILY OF PROCREATION  Family that one forms by becoming a parent and raising one or more children.

CONJUGAL FAMILY A family formed on the basis of marital ties. A family formed on the basis of marital ties. Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin conjugalis, from conjug-, conjux husband, wife, from conjungere to join, unite in marriage

CONSANGUINEAL FAMILY (“blood relatives”) A family system of nuclear families linked through shared descent from a common ancestor. The individual nuclear families are bound into complex ties of obligation and daily activity with each other. Consanguineal families can be linked either matrilineally or patrilineally (Sociology Dictionary)

EXTENDED FAMILY Several closely related nuclear families clustered together into a large domestic group (cp. with household) Several closely related nuclear families clustered together into a large domestic group (cp. with household)

POLYGAMOUS FAMILY POLYANDRY POLYGYNY