A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups, typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by comparable legal relationships.
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magazine article: Black Sheep and the Mysterious Uncle Bob. "All families have their stories, their dramas, their private jokes, nicknames and phrases. They’re the place where our personalities were made." Read article
word game: Family tree: look at the family tree, read the sentences, and put the right names in the right places. Play game
poem: Family poetry. A poem about families sent to us by a user. See poem
poem: The Sick Child: In this sad little poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, a mother spends the night at her sick child's bedside. Read poem
cartoon: "I can trace my family tree back a really long way." "Yes, back to ..." See cartoon
trivia: Quotes: "A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold." (Ogden Nash) See more
links: Wikipedia: families See more links
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