Extended Family

Extended family explores the connections, roles, and traditions involving relatives beyond the nuclear family, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and more. Unlike general family and relationships topics, this category focuses specifically on the dynamics and cultural contexts that shape extended kinship networks, including caregiving, generational bonds, and interfamily communication.

Use this category to examine questions about how extended relatives support individual and communal well-being or how family structures adjust across generations and cultures. To refine further, consider related areas such as intergenerational care, multicultural extended families, or specific family roles depending on the aspect of extended family relationships you wish to research.