Sociology / Unit 8 Soc 1285 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Family of Orientation and Family of Procreation
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The idea
A family of orientation is the family a person is born into; a family of procreation is one formed through marriage.
In practice
An adult's parents and siblings are their family of orientation; their spouse and children are their family of procreation.
Where people slip
Students often treat the terms as sorting people into one family or the other; one person occupies both simultaneously.
Your place on the trail
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