Encyclopedia - Family: Encyclopedia - Family
A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups, typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by comparable legal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Family - Family Cross-culturally
According to sociology and anthropology, the primary function of the family is to reproduce society, either biologically, socially, or bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Family - Family In The West
The preceding types of families are found in a wide variety of settings, and their specific functions and meanings depend largely on thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Family - English Kinship Terminology
Most Western societies employ English kinship terminology. This kinship terminology is common in societies based on conjugal (or nuclear)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Complex Family: Encyclopedia - Complex Family
Complex Family is a generic term for any family structure involving more than two adults. The term can refer to any extended family or to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conjugal Family: Encyclopedia - Conjugal Family
A conjugal family is nuclear family of adult partners and their children (by birth or adoption) where the family relationship is principa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Extended Family: Encyclopedia - Extended Family
Extended family is a term with several distinct meanings. First, it is used synonymously with consanguinal family. Second, in societies d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violin Family: Encyclopedia - Violin Family
The Violin family of instruments was developed in Italy in the 17th Century. It comprises three instruments, the violin, viola and the ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wadia Family: Encyclopedia - Wadia Family
Wadia family is a relatively old family of Parsis originally based in Surat. They began in shipbuilding. In 1736 Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wiggum Family: Encyclopedia - Wiggum Family
In the television series, The Simpsons, the Wiggum family consist of Clancy (father and Springfield Police Chief), Sarah (mother), Ralph ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Family Physician: Encyclopedia - American Family Physician
The American Family Physician is a medical journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Full text articles are available at http...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bush Family: Encyclopedia - Bush Family
Originating in Columbus, Ohio, the Bush family in the 20th century became an accomplished political family in the United States. In Janua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adams Political Family: Encyclopedia - Adams Political Family
For the macabre group of characters created by Charles Addams and featured in cartoons, television, and movies, see The Addams Family. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Batman Family: Encyclopedia - Batman Family
The Batman Family is an informal name for a group of DC Comics superheroes associated with the costumed crime fighter Batman. These chara...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anura Family List: Encyclopedia - Anura Family List
Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia The Anura is the order of animals in the class Amphibia that includes frogs and toads. Althou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bin Laden Family: Encyclopedia - Bin Laden Family
The immensely rich bin Laden family, intimately connected with the innermost circles of the Saudi royal family was thrown into prominence...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weasley Family: Encyclopedia - Weasley Family
The Weasleys are a fictional family of wizards who figure prominently in the plot of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of novels, prima...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baggins Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Baggins Family - Sackville-baggins Family
The Sackville-Baggins family was founded by the marriage of Longo Baggins to Camellia Sackville, heiress of the Sackville family headship...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family History: Encyclopedia Ii - Family History - The Single Family History
In the narrower sense of the term, a family history is a biography of a single family over several generations, based on a tested genealo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family History: Encyclopedia Ii - Family History - Introduction
While genealogy is the convenient label for the field, family history is the over-arching term, since genealogy in the strict sense is on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family History: Encyclopedia Ii - Family History - Benefits
A good family history connects with young children. As young children generally enjoy hearing stories about their relatives, it can descr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family History: Encyclopedia Ii - Family History - Motivation
In the English-speaking world, a reductionist view of family history prevails: the family historian's chief motivation is to improve self...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marvel Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Marvel Family - Marvel Family Members
Marvel Family - Current members. Captain Marvel. The World's Mightiest Mortal, Captain Marvel is the superpowered alter-ego of young B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Mathematics - Functions Sets And Families
There is a one-to-one correspondence between surjective functions and families, as any function f with domain I induces a family (f(i))iâ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Mathematics - Operations On Families
Index sets are often used in sums and other similar operations. For example, if (ai)i∈I is an family of numbers, the sum of all those n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Language Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Language Family - Language Families Spoken
In the following, each "bulleted" item is a known language family. The geographic headings over them are meant solely as a tool for group...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Therapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Therapy - Methodology
A family therapist usually meets several members of the family at the same time ("conjoint family therapy" is used in the approach of Vir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Family Circus: Encyclopedia Ii - The Family Circus - Description
The comics depict the childhood antics of Billy, Dolly, Jeffy, and P.J., fictionalized versions of the author's own children (and now, gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Affair: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Affair - Family Affair
Family Affair was a situation comedy television series that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to March 4, 1971 and repeats through Sep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Royle Family: Encyclopedia Ii - The Royle Family - Description
The show is a comic and poignant satire of family life in Wythenshawe, Manchester, or perhaps Britain as a whole. The family rarely do an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Royle Family: Encyclopedia Ii - The Royle Family - Characters
The Royle family consists of: Jim (Ricky Tomlinson), father, and patriarch of the Royle family. In his early 60s, Jim is overweight, une...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Ties: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Ties - Popularity
Family Ties was broadcast on Thursday nights from 1984 until 1987, immediately following the top-rated program The Cosby Show and just be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Band - Discography
Family band - Albums. Music In A Dolls House (Reprise, 1968) Family Entertainment (Reprise, 1969) Song For Me (Reprise, 1970) Anyway (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Date Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Date Family - Members
Members of the clan are listed by their date of birth. Date family - 14th Century. Date Muneto (1324-1385) Date Masamune (1353-1405) D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asteroid Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Asteroid Family - Family Types
Some terminology has been used to distinguish various types of groups which are less distinct or less statistically certain from the most...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Affairs: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Affairs - Revamp
However, it soon became clear, not least due to the poor ratings, that the close-knit family approach simply wasn't working for Family Af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Business: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Business - The Cards
There are three different types of cards: attack cards, rescue cards and block cards. Attack cards and rescue cards are played when it is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Royle Family: Encyclopedia Ii - The Royle Family - Miscellany
Unlike most sitcoms the show is filmed in 16mm using a single camera. Multi-camera videotape is standard for UK sitcoms. Each episode app...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cartridge Family: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cartridge Family - Synopsis
Enticed by a TV commercial, the Simpsons go to a soccer match. However, the huge crowd on hand quickly grows bored – and disgusted – ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marvel Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Marvel Family - History
The Marvel Family was established in 1942 after the introductions of Captain Marvel's partners the Lieutenant Marvels (Whiz Comics #21, S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Affairs: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Affairs - History
The show was initially based around a single family, the Harts, consisting of parents Chris (Ian Ashpitel) and Annie (Liz Crowther) and t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bush Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Bush Family - Ancestors
Bush family - Obadiah Newcomb Bush. Obadiah Newcomb Bush (January 28, 1797–1851) was the father of James Smith Bush (1825-1869), gran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Focus On The Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Focus On The Family - Leadership
Leadership for the organization was provided by Dobson alone until 2003. In 2003, Donald P. Hodel became president and chief executive of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Rankin Family: Encyclopedia Ii - The Rankin Family - History
The Rankins come from a family of 12, all of whom would entertain the neighbours musically every third weekend as part of a ceilidh. Five...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Guy - Dvds
Family Guy - Region 1. Season Releases Best of Releases Other releases Family Guy - Region 2. Season Releases Best of Releases Other...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rockefeller Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Rockefeller Family - Legacy
At its peak, John D. Rockefeller's personal fortune was estimated at almost $1 billion of which he reportedly gave away more than half. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vanderbilt Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Vanderbilt Family - History
The family was founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877), the fourth of nine children born to a Staten Island family of modest means. H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Addams Family: Encyclopedia Ii - The Addams Family - Premise
The Addamses are the descendants of a very long line of witches, serial killers, freaks, ghouls, and other assorted social outcasts and m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Addams Family: Encyclopedia Ii - The Addams Family - Premise
The Addamses are the descendants of a very long line of witches, serial killers, freaks, ghouls, and other assorted social outcasts and m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Encyclopedia Ii - Familial Hypercholesterolemia - Treatment
Familial hypercholesterolemia - Heterozygous FH. Heterozygous FH can be treated effectively with statins. These are drugs that inhibit ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flanders Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Flanders Family - Household
The Flanders' house is situated at 740 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield and is next door to 742 Evergreen Terrace, home of the Simpson fami...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Mathematics - Notation
A family is usually denoted by (Ai)i∈I. In this case I is the index set, ι(i)=Ai the mapping and Ai the element belonging to the key i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weasley Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Weasley Family - Extended Family
Weasley family - Gabrielle Delacour. Soon to be the sister-in-law to Bill Weasley, Gabrielle, like her sister Fleur, is actually partly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Encyclopedia Ii - Familial Hypercholesterolemia - Pathophysiology
LDL cholesterol normally circulates in the body for 2.5 days, after which it is cleared by the liver. In FH, the half-life of an LDL part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - All In The Family: Encyclopedia Ii - All In The Family - Production
Lear bought the rights to Till Death Us Do Part and incorporated his own family experiences with his father into the show. Lear's father ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dungeon Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Dungeon Family - Personnel
Dungeon Family - 1st generation. Organized Noise Rico Wade Sleepy Brown Ray Murray OutKast Andre 3000 Big Boi Mr. DJ Goodie Mob ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rohan Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Rohan Family - Genealogy
Rohan family - Viscounts of Rohan. Rohan family - Dukes of Rohan. Henri II de Rohan-Gié (1579-1638) started viscount, then became t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Familial Dysautonomia: Encyclopedia Ii - Familial Dysautonomia - Incidence
FD is seen almost exclusively in Ashkenazi Jews and is inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion. Both parents must be carriers in orde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weasley Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Weasley Family - The Nuclear Family And Residence
Arthur and Molly Weasley (née Prewett) have seven children: (from oldest to youngest) Bill, Charlie, Percy, identical twins Fred and Geo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Guy - Episodes
In keeping with the humorous tone of the series, most episode titles of Family Guy are parodies of popular television shows, movies, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Farm: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Farm - Viability Of The Family Farm
Depending on the type and size of independently-owned operation, some limiting factors are: cost of inputs: fertilizer and other agriche...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witwicky Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Witwicky Family - Sparkplug
Patriarch of the Witwicky family, Sparkplug was vastly unlike his two sons, in that he was portrayed in startlingly different ways across...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - All In The Family: Encyclopedia Ii - All In The Family - Overview
Set in the borough of Queens in New York City, the program starred: Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker, Archie's traditional yet occasional...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witwicky Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Witwicky Family - Spike
Witwicky family - Animated Series. The most famous of all the Autobots' human allies, Spike Witwicky was fourteen years old, aiding his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witwicky Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Witwicky Family - Buster
Witwicky family - Marvel Comics. As originally designed, the youthful Buster Witwicky was to fill the role played by Spike in the anima...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witwicky Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Witwicky Family - Carly
A character unique to the animated series, sixteen-year-old Carly (maiden name unrevealed) first met Spike Witwicky in 1985 when he and B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Guy - Characters
The show revolves around the adventures of Peter Griffin and his family. Peter is an incompetent blue-collar worker, and a bumbling, drun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family History: Encyclopedia Ii - Family History - Conducting A Project
Family history can either be in the form of a printed document, electronic document or sound or video recording that preserves this histo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Guy - Characters
The show revolves around the adventures of Peter Griffin and his family. Peter is an incompetent blue-collar worker, and a bumbling, drun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bush Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Bush Family - Connections To Other Prominent Families
Bush family - Anne Hutchinson. Massachusetts religious dissident Anne Hutchinson is an ancestor of the Bush family. Bush family - Pier...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Guy - History
Family Guy - Creation. While studying at the Rhode Island School of Design, Seth MacFarlane created a short film entitled The Life of L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Guy - History
Family Guy - Creation. While studying at the Rhode Island School of Design, Seth MacFarlane created a short film entitled The Life of L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Guy - Episodes
In keeping with the humorous tone of the series, most episode titles of Family Guy are parodies of popular television shows, movies, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Guy - Controversy
Being a largely adult-oriented program, Family Guy has become a lightning rod of controversy for its brusque approach to comedy, which de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glass Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Glass Family - Members
The members of the Glass family are listed here, from eldest to youngest: Bessie and Les Glass - retired vaudeville performers, parents ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Matters: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Matters - Plot
The first few pages tell of Nariman's subjection to increasing decay in physical health and stinging insults (revolving around his cost o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vanderbilt Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Vanderbilt Family - Vanderbilt Family Connection Alphabetical Listing
The following list includes etiquette guru Amy Vanderbilt although it is believed she descended from either an uncle or brother of Cornel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Barbie's Friends And Family: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Barbie's Friends And Family - Family Friends
List of Barbie's friends and family - Skipper. Ricky (1963-67) Scooter (1965-67) Fluff (1971-72) Tiff (1972-73) Ginger (1976) Scott (b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family As A Model For The State: Encyclopedia Ii - Family As A Model For The State - Politics And The Family
In her book, Delacroix, Art and Patrimony in Post-Revolutionary France, Elisabeth Fraser analyses Eugène Delacroix's famous “Massacres...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Barbie's Friends And Family: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Barbie's Friends And Family - Barbie's Family
List of Barbie's friends and family - Siblings. Skipper (1964) Tutti (1966-71) Todd (1966-68, 1991) Stacie (1992) Kelly (1995) Krissy ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Romania
In Romania family names traditionally have an English-like usage: a child inherits his father's family name, and a wife takes her husband...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Therapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Therapy - [[template:methodology]]
A family therapist usually meets several members of the family at the same time ("conjoint family therapy" is used in the approach of Vir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Romania
In Romania family names traditionally have an English-like usage: a child inherits his father's family name, and a wife takes her husband...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Scandinavia
In Scandinavia family names often, but certainly not always, originate from a patronymic. In Sweden, the patronymic ending is -sson, e.g....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Russia
A full Russian name consists of personal (given) name, patronymic, and family name (surname). Probably the majority of Russian family nam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - The Philippines
Until the middle of the 19th century, there was no standardization of surnames in the Philippines. There were native Filipinos without su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Poland
In Poland and most of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the surnames first appeared in late Middle Ages. Initially their purpose ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abc Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Abc Family - History
The network was founded by Pat Robertson in April 1977 as CBN Cable, an arm of his Christian Broadcasting Network. It was the first satel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Ireland
Many surnames in Ireland of Gaelic origin derive from ancestor's names; nicknames; or descriptive names. In the first group can be placed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Italy
See also: Italian surnames category. Italian names are mostly derived from Latin, but since Italy has been often ruled by foreigners, man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Date Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Date Family - Retainers And Vassals
These samurai were vassals of Date clan and listed by their date of birth. Date family - Oniniwa. Oniniwa Motozane (14??-15??) Oniniwa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Scandinavia
In Scandinavia family names often, but certainly not always, originate from a patronymic. In Sweden, the patronymic ending is -sson, e.g....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Russia
A full Russian name consists of personal (given) name, patronymic, and family name (surname). Probably the majority of Russian family nam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Radio: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Radio - History
Harold Camping along with a few other Christian fundamentalists of Christian Reformed, Bible Baptist, and Conservative Presbyterian faith...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - The Philippines
Until the middle of the 19th century, there was no standardization of surnames in the Philippines. There were native Filipinos without su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Poland
In Poland and most of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the surnames first appeared in late Middle Ages. Initially their purpose ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Family: Oceanography Dictionary - Family
  Definition and meaning of family:   family - a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (Source: US National Oc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Family Life:: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Family Life:
family life: See: grihastha ashrama, extended family, joint family. (See also: Family life: , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpretation Of Family: Dream Dictionary - Family
  Family To dream of one's family as harmonious and happy, is significant of health and easy circumstances; but if there is sic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Family - Kinship Terminology
A kinship terminology is a specific system of familial relationships. The now rather dated anthropologist Louis Henry Morgan argued that ...   » Read the article