1. FAMILY

Nuclear/ Monogamous  Family: Consists of two parents and their children living together. 
 Extended Family: Includes additional relatives beyond the nuclear family, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. 
Single-Parent Family: One parent raises one or more children, often due to divorce, separation, or the death of a partner. 
 Blended Family: Formed when one or both partners in a relationship have children from previous relationships, and they come together to form a new family unit. 
Childless Family: Couples who do not have children, either by choice or due to circumstances. 
 Foster Family: A temporary family setting where children are placed in a home due to various circumstances, providing care until they can be reunited with their biological families or adopted. 
Adoptive Family: Families formed through the legal adoption of children who are not biologically related to them. 
 Manandrous family 
This is when a woman marries one man. The woman is in control of the household and the children belong to her. 
 Polygamous family: A man marries more than one wife. The man has control over the members and the household. Common in African societies. 
Polyandrous family: The woman marries several men at a time and they belong to her domain. She controls them.