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Lesson 4 Types of Family Structures

The document outlines various types of family structures, including nuclear, extended, single parent, step, foster, adopted, bi-racial, trans-racial adoptive, conditionally separated, childless, gay or lesbian, migrant, and immigrant families. Each family type is defined with examples illustrating their composition and relationships. This classification highlights the diversity in family dynamics and living arrangements.

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Lesson 4 Types of Family Structures

The document outlines various types of family structures, including nuclear, extended, single parent, step, foster, adopted, bi-racial, trans-racial adoptive, conditionally separated, childless, gay or lesbian, migrant, and immigrant families. Each family type is defined with examples illustrating their composition and relationships. This classification highlights the diversity in family dynamics and living arrangements.

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Types of Family Structures

Nuclear Family
• It is also known as “conjugal” or “traditional” family, consisting of married couples and their
offspring.
• Mother, father, and children
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.
• A family living together with mother, father, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other
relatives in one roof
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.
• Father with his children or a mother with her children living in one household
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.
• Mother, children, stepfather, and his kids
• Father, children, stepmother, and her kids
Foster Family
• A family includes parent who serves as a temporary guardian for one or more children to whom
they may or may not be biologically related.
• Parents, children, foster child
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.
• Parents (mother and father), adopted child
Bi-racial or Multi-racial Family
• A family wherein parents are from different races
• Filipina mother, American father, children
Trans-racial Adoptive Family
• A family wherein parents adopted a child with a different race
• American parents, adopted Filipino children
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.
• A family living together except for the father working abroad or a family living together except
for the eldest child serving in the military
Childless Family
• Married couple without children
• Mother and father only

Gay or Lesbian Family


• A family wherein one or both parents have a different sexual orientation and part of the LGBT
community
• A lesbian mother and her children with a gay father
Migrant Family
• It is a family who settles together in a different place; it could be from one place to another due
to some circumstances such as the father’s job.
• A family who migrated from a place because the father is a military officer
Immigrant Family
• A family wherein one or both parents are already an immigrant of other country. Their children
may be or may not be an immigrant.
• Santos family whose mom is already an immigrant of Canada -- their mother is already a
Canadian citizen but the rest of the family members are not.

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