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Basic social unit consisting of persons united by ties of marriage (affinity), "blood" (consanguinity), or adoption and usually representing a single household.
The essence of the family group is the parent-child relationship, whose outlines vary widely among cultures. One prominent familial form is the nuclear family, consisting of the marital pair living with their offspring in a separate dwelling. While some scholars believe this to be the oldest form, others point to the inconclusive prehistorical record and the widespread existence of other forms such as the polygynous family (a husband, two or more wives, and their offspring) and the extended family (including at least parents, married children, and their offspring). The family as an institution provides for the rearing and socialization of children, the care of the aged, sick, or disabled, the legitimation of procreation, and the regulation of sexual conduct in addition to supplying basic physical, economic, and emotional security for its members. See also adoption ; marriage .
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In pedology , a group of soils that have similar profiles and include one or more subdivisions called series.
The primary characteristics that define each of the nearly 6,600 identified soil families are the physical and chemical properties
especially texture, mineral composition, temperature, and depth
that are important for the growth of plants.
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agave family
Alcmaeonid family
amaranth family
amaryllis family
Amati family
Andreini family
arum family
Ashikaga family
Barrymore family
Battenberg family
Mountbatten family
Béjart family
Bellini family
Belmont family
Bernoulli family
Borghese family
Broglie family
Campbell family
Carracci family
Carter Family
composite family
Condé family
Conti family
Czartoryski family
Della Robbia family
Devrient family
Didot family
dogbane family
Drew family
Elzevir family
Elsevier family
Este family
Esterházy family
family planning
family practice
family medicine
Farnese family
flax family
Forbes family
Fratellini family
Fugger family
Fujiwara family
Galli Bibiena family
gentian family
Gobelin family
Goddard family
Golitsyn family
heath family
Herschel family
Hojo family
honeysuckle family
horse chestnut family
Howard family
Hutchinson Family
family sagas
iris family
Krupp family
laurel family
Leakey family
lily family
lobelia family
Lupino family
madder family
mahogany family
Al Maktum Maktum family
mallow family
Mancini family
maple family
Mayo family
Medici family
Menninger family
milkweed family
Monro family
morning glory family
Muhlenberg family
mulberry family
mustard family
Al Nahyan Nahyan family
nettle family
Newhouse family
nightshade family
oleaster family
passionflower family
Phag mo gru family
pink family
poppy family
Rákóczi family
Rothschild family
rue family
citrus family
Russell family
Ruthven family
Al Saud Saud family
Al Sabah Sabah family
Scribner family
sedge family
Sforza family
Sitwell family
snapdragon family
Soga family
Somoza family
Soong family
Straus family
Studebaker family
Al Thani Thani family
Townsend family
Trapp family
Trubetskoy family
Vivarini family
Warburg family
Del Banco family
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Wood family
Ypsilanti family