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The Family PowerPoint
The Family PowerPoint
“The Family”
So, what exactly is a family?
The Debate over Family Definitions:
• a group of people related by either blood, marriage, or
adoption
• a social institution that unites individuals into cooperative
groups that care for one another, including any children
• people with or without legal or blood ties who feel they
belong together
- definition varies from society to society
- definition can change over time
Family of Orientation: family that one is born into
∞ Gives name identity
∞ Give heritage
∞ Gives ascribed status
∞ Grants orientation to the world
King of Queens
The Brady
Bunch
Full House
Family Structure
Head of Family Patrilineal Matrilineal Bilateral
For Descent & Male Line Female Line Both Equally
Inheritance
Example Iran & Iraq Pueblo People United States
10% of American
adults over age 15
are divorced!