The Family JSS1 Home Economics Lesson Note

SUB-TOPIC: THE FAMILY TREE

 DEFINITION OF A FAMILY

A family is a group of persons who live together as one and are united by marriage, blood, or adoption ties. Family members are each other’s kin.

 TYPES OF FAMILY

THE NUCLEAR FAMILY: This comprises a man, his wife, and their children. It is also sometimes called a monogamous family because it arises from one man and one wife.

POLYGAMOUS FAMILY: This comprises a man, his wives, and their children. In a polygamous family, a man is legally married to more than one wife.

EXTENDED FAMILY: This type of family is made up of the husband, his wife or wives, their children, and other relations like uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents, etc

 FAMILY TREE

In the different types of families, members relate to each other in special ways. This relationship can be called a kinship pattern. A family tree is a graph or diagram that shows the family kinship pattern. It shows how family members are related to each other.

FAMILY RELATIONSHIP OR KINSHIP PATTERNS

TITLE                                                           RELATIONSHIP

Parents                                                  Father and Mother

Siblings                                                 Brothers and Sisters

Grandparents                                      Parent’s parents

Great- grand- parents                        Grandparents of parents

Uncle’s                                               Father’s or Mother’s brothers

Aunts                                                Father or Mother’s sisters

Nephews                                               Brother’s or Sister’s sons

Nieces                                                   Brother’s or Sister’s daughter

First cousins                                          Uncle’s or Aunt’s children

Grandchildren                                      A person’s children’s children

Great- grand-children                          A person’s grandchildren’s children                                  

Evaluation:

1.  What is family?

2.    differentiate between monogamous and polygamous family

 Assignment:

Draw the family tree of your extended family