Family Types

A group of people related to one another by blood, marriage or adoption.

• Family
• Relatives
• Mom and dad
• Siblings and parents

A pattern of interaction with one or more persons over time.

• Communicating with others
• Socializing
• Relationships
• Best friends

All the people who are born and live in about the same time span.

• Age groups
• Generation
• Close friends
• Family members

A married man and woman and their biological children.

• Parents
• Nuclear family
• Family unit
• Stepfamily

Chosen by a family to take responsibility for a child if the parents are no longer able to provide.

• Grandparents
• Abuela
• Adoptive family
• Guardian

A persons place in a group

• Position
• Role
• Brothers and sisters
• Leader

The makeup of a family.

• Foster family
• Nuclear family
• Family type
• Adoptive family

A couple or single parent decides to raise another person's child as their own

• Single parent family
• Foster Family
• Adoptive family
• Stepfamily

Extended Family

• Grandparents
• Cousins
• Generation
• Several generations of relatives

A single parent marries

• Childless family
• Foster family 
• Family type
• Stepfamily