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Encyclopedia: Extended family

Extended family (or joint family) is a term with several distinct meanings. First, it is used synonymously with consanguineous family. Second, in societies dominated by the conjugal family, it is used to refer to kindred who does not belong to the conjugal family. Often there could be many generations living under the same roof.

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How to say "Extended family" in other languages:

	(German)	Großfamilie
	(Spanish)	Familia extensa
	(French)	Famille élargie
	(Italian)	Famiglia estesa

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Banawa

The Banawa (Banawá) are an indigenous group of just seventy people (1994), living along the Banawá River in the Amazonas province of Brazil, where they are concentrated in a single village and two smaller settlements containing a single extended family each. The Banawá, who call themselves...

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Popular Front (France)

The Popular Front (Front Populaire) was an alliance of left-wing political parties that came into power in France following the 1936 elections. Its leader was Léon Blum. Blum extended family subsidies and welfare benefits; he also appointed women to the government. He is remembered as the man who...

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Tong

For the village in Yorkshire, England see Tong, Yorkshire. Tong is the Cantonese transliteration of the Chinese character å ‚, which is "Tang" (tang2) in Mandarin. It usually means a clandestine Chinese secret society. However it could also mean a place where extended family meet, 廟å...

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Matriarch

A matriarch is a mother, head, or other female person in a family who exerts influence over the other family members. The term is usually applied to the oldest female in an extended family, who by virtue of her position has a degree of authority over family affairs. Famous matriarchs from history...

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Bubba the Caveduck

a part of his extended family...

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Patriarchs (Bible)

more general terms, a patriarch is a man who exercises autocratic authority over an extended family...

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Chedworth

rooms are arranged around a courtyard, and are believed to have been used by an extended family or perhaps, at one stage, by two separate families. The phases of building range from the first to the 4th...

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Childcare

taken on by the extended family. See also: Family Nuclear family Child custody Household chore...

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Dr. Jumba Jookiba

of Lilo's extended family. Jumba, who loves to tinker, has made modifications to the house, such as...

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In joke

inside joke. This group of people could be, for example: a nuclear family or (parts of) an extended family just a few people who work together people of the same vocation or profession residents of a...

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