What kind of family do you have.

[HawkR]

Patrilocal, even though my parents have "skidded" out of it Mostly the whole family lives close to eachother and we can all use eachother houses when needed

[Inese]

Hm hello!?? Can someone explain the words
patrilocal
matrilocal
nuclear
polygymous
polyandry
polygyny
panualan

please?? I am total sorry but English is not my mother language and when you mix English with scientific words i am total clueless!!

Ok i cant vote but i can tell you that my family is a normal family with father, mother and me!! And other family members ---- grandparents and many more. My fathers makes the most money but my mother wears the pants at home!! ^_^

[Loxias]

Very patrilocal family with my paternal grandfather seeing himself as the CEO of the family.

[Kadu]

Hm hello!?? Can someone explain the words
patrilocal
matrilocal
nuclear
polygymous
polyandry
polygyny
panualan

please?? I am total sorry but English is not my mother language and when you mix English with scientific words i am total clueless!!

Don't be lazy, wikipedia is your friend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page

http://www.merriam-webster.com/

[Inese]

I was trying but the explain texts are very complex and use other scientific words. And it can not be normal that non mother speakers of English have to search in the internet before they can vote in a thread?? You can make the options a little bit easier understandable, cant you?? You know, i understand that patrilocal is a family who lives near the family of the husband now but you can write that in the vote options ---- "My family lives near the family of my dad "!! And PENG everyone can understand what it means :nod

I dont answer in Latvian or German, and when you ask "What does it mean???" i tell you that you should look in German or Latvian Wikipedia for the explaination. It is not respectful for members who are not fluent in the language

[Tabiti]

I didn't know that myself, but checked.
So, simple:
Patrilocal - if you life not only with your parents, but paternal relatives as well.
Matrilocal - the same with maternal relatives.
Nuclear - only your parents.
Polygymous - that is for non monogamic families only? Or to live with both maternal and paternal relatives?

Correct me if I'm wrong. We don't have these here as well.

[Kadu]

I was trying but the explain texts are very complex and use other scientific words. And it can not be normal that non mother speakers of English have to search in the internet before they can vote in a thread?? You can make the options a little bit easier understandable, cant you?? You know, i understand that patrilocal is a family who lives near the family of the husband now but you can write that in the vote options ---- "My family lives near the family of my dad "!! And PENG everyone can understand what it means :nod

I dont answer in Latvian or German, and when you ask "What does it mean???" i tell you that you should look in German or Latvian Wikipedia for the explaination. It is not respectful for members who are not fluent in the language

I'm sorry Inese, ignore the previous links i gave you, follow this one instead.

Learn English Free Online

[Bjólf]

Nuclear.

[Lars]

I am from a nuclear family which consisted of two parents and two kids. Both my grandparents lived approx. 15 kilometers away and saw them often. My parents rarely used nannies but used my grandparents instead (which is that they are for anyway. I find it ridiculous when grandparents are absent to help their children or grandchildren of they are able to).

[Liffrea]

Me and my dad, not sure what that is classed as.

Both my brothers live within walking distance (one is recently divorced with three kids), my mother is long dead, so are all my grand parents (three snuffed it before I was born) I keep in touch with one aunt, one or two of my cousins, the rest I don’t give a shit about.