Family Stuctures and Legacies

• A family came from the Latin word "familia"
• Family structures - differ from one family to another, that's why we should not compare our family with that of others.
• Nuclear Family - It is also known as a "conjugal" or traditional" family, consisting of married couples and their offspring.
• Extended Family - This type of family includes all relatives in proximity, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. these relatives typically live together, and all share daily household duties.
• Single Parent Family - This family type includes one parent and their children only. A single parent family could be the result of a divorce, the death of one parent, or even a single parent adoption.
• Step Family - A family where the parents have divorced and remarried, bringing children from other unions together to form a new nuclear family. It is also known as "blended" family because two families were combined.
• Adopted/Adoptive Family - A family wherein parents

  may adopt a child to whom they share no blood relationship, or one parent may adopt the child of the other parent.
• Bi-racial or multi-racial Family -A family wherein parents are from different races
• Trans-racial Adoptive Family - A family wherein parents adopted a child of a different race
• Conditionally separated Family - A family wherein one of the family members is conditionally separated from the others. This separation may be due to their job or employment or could be due to hospitalization.
• Childless Family - Married couple without children
• Gay or Lesbian Family - A family wherein one or both parents have a different sexual orientation and are part of the LGBT community
• Migrant Family - it is a family that settles together in a different place
• Immigrant Family - A family wherein one or both parents are already an immigrant from other countries.