Who do you consider family?

Question

Some of my friends say family is the people you live with, your immediate family. They think of their immediate family when one says "family." When I think of family, everyone I know comes to mind: my wife, my kids, my parents, my siblings, their kids, my in-laws, my cousins, aunts, uncles, friends, and their kids.
I grew up with a large family, so everyone comes to mind.

WHEN I SAY "FAMILY," WHOM DO YOU THINK OF?

Answer 1

I consider almost everyone I'm close to, like you. I think of my dad, my kids, grandkids, in-laws, brothers, nephews, neices, cousins and their kids...everyone.
I live with my daughter, her child, my nephew, my dad, and my brother lives in the back house. My son lives next door, and my friends have married into my family or their children have, and even if they haven't, I still think of them when you say "family."

Answer 2

I'm with you...family is the whole kit and caboodle. You must be European? I know it's the European way to be tight always...and even paesani's (close friends) are considered family.

I think those you love and trust are family too. The more history you have together the more intertwined your lives are...so they are part of you too.

I agree that sometimes family is bad...and bad for you...and I've had to bitterly and sadly accept that fact of life...and even though they don't have a role in my life no longer...they are still family and I still think of them and don't have any ill will...but it's sad when some people won't grow up or just have misguided values. Their problem and not mine.

Answer 3

My sons and grandsons. A few of my son's friends. My mother. 1 daughter-in-law. 1 uncle, 1 aunt. My best friend.

My biological family is much larger than this. However, the people named above would drop everything at a moments notice and come to my aid--no questions asked. I would do the same for them.

To me, that is family.

Answer 4

You are right. All those people you mentioned are family members.
Most people only thinks of immediate family members only but they are wrong. Like the saying " One big happy family " and that's what you have.

Good Luck

Answer 5

When I say family i feel those people are the ones who care about you the most the people who would love you no matter what real love not the o you live with me or you are a blood relative so I have to Love you!!!!!

Answer 6

I think of my immediate family, cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. I also consider my friends, boyfriend, and their families a part of mine.

Answer 7

when i think of family, i think of everybody that i care about and that has a part in my life. that could include my friends, my parents, my cousins, whoever. family is something more than the people you live with. family is who you love.

Answer 8

fam·i·ly /ˈfæməli, ˈfæmli/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fam-uh-lee, fam-lee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, plural -lies, adjective
–noun 1. parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not.
2. the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family.
3. the spouse and children of one person: We're taking the family on vacation next week.
4. any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins: to marry into a socially prominent family.
5. all those persons considered as descendants of a common progenitor.
6. Chiefly British. approved lineage, esp. noble, titled, famous, or wealthy ancestry: young men of family.
7. a group of persons who form a household under one head, including parents, children, and servants.
8. the staff, or body of assistants, of an official: the office family.
9. a group of related things or people: the family of romantic poets; the halogen family of elements.
10. a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals and, frequently, live together: Many hippie communes of the sixties regarded themselves as families.
11. a group of products or product models made by the same manufacturer or producer.
12. Biology. the usual major subdivision of an order or suborder in the classification of plants, animals, fungi, etc., usually consisting of several genera.
13. Slang. a unit of the Mafia or Cosa Nostra operating in one area under a local leader.
14. Linguistics. the largest category into which languages related by common origin can be classified with certainty: Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, and Austronesian are the most widely spoken families of languages. Compare stock (def. 12), subfamily (def. 2).
15. Mathematics. a. a given class of solutions of the same basic equation, differing from one another only by the different values assigned to the constants in the equation.
b. a class of functions or the like defined by an expression containing a parameter.
c. a set.

–adjective 16. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a family: a family trait.
17. belonging to or used by a family: a family automobile; a family room.
18. a. suitable or appropriate for adults and children: a family amusement park.
b. not containing obscene language: a family newspaper.

—Idiom19. in a or the family way, pregnant.


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[Origin: 1350–1400; ME familie < L familia a household, the slaves of a household, equiv. to famul(us) servant, slave + -ia -y3]



God (creator... diety... nature ... insert source of life here) does not let you choose who you are related to by blood... but your friends are the family God allows you to choose...

the members of your family are the ones you choose to call family

Answer 9

my mom, dad, my husband, my sister, my niece, nephew and my sisters husband and my mom-in-law is my closest family!

my other in laws and relatives are the second closest.

other than that i think of my tow best friends and their families as part of my family too!

(Man i do have a big family right?)

Answer 10

the same as you. i count my husband, my kids, my brothers and sisters, their kids, my grandma and so and so on. i didn't know there was a limit on family. i even consider some of my close friends as family