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  2. Family - Wikipedia

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    [8] [9] Thus, one's experience of one's family shifts over time. There are different perspectives of the term 'family', from the perspective of children, the family is a "family of orientation": the family serves to locate children socially and plays a major role in their enculturation and socialization. [10]

  3. History of the family - Wikipedia

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    The pre-industrial family had many functions including food production, landholding, regulation of inheritance, reproduction, socialization and education of its members. External roles allowed for participation in religion and politics. [35] Social status was also strictly connected to one's family. [36]

  4. Family in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Those generations, the extended family of aunts and uncles, grandparents, and cousins, can hold significant emotional and economic roles for the nuclear family. Over time, the structure has had to adapt to very influential changes, including divorce and more single-parent families , teenage pregnancy and unwed mothers, same-sex marriage , and ...

  5. Royal court - Wikipedia

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    The Sikh 'Court of Lahore'.. A royal household is the highest-ranking example of patronage.A regent or viceroy may hold court during the minority or absence of the hereditary ruler, and even an elected head of state may develop a court-like entourage of unofficial, personally-chosen advisers and "companions".

  6. Family in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Romans had different names to describe their concepts of family, such as, "familia" to describe the nuclear family and "domus" which would have included all the inhabitants of the household. [1] The types of interactions between the different members of the family were dictated by the perceived social roles each member played.

  7. Which of his family members is Trump tapping for key ... - AOL

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    Although President-elect Donald Trump's children don't currently have White House roles in his second term, he's recently announced picks from his extended family by marriage to manage foreign ...

  8. Medieval household - Wikipedia

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    Neither Greek nor Latin had a word corresponding to modern-day "family". The Latin familia must be translated to "household" rather than "family". [1] The aristocratic household of ancient Rome was similar to that of medieval Europe, in that it consisted – in addition to the paterfamilias, his wife and children – of a number of clients , or dependents of the lord who would attend upon him ...

  9. Types of social groups - Wikipedia

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    Family, Household: Small group of people who live in the same home. Family may or may not form clan, fellowship, larger kinship groups, or a basic unit of community. Various cultures include different models of households, including the nuclear family, blended families, share housing, and group homes.