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What does extended family mean?

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Noun
  1. A family consisting of parents and children, along with either grandparents, grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins, etc.
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She fell out with the ungrateful bastards of that particular branch of my mother's extended family, and we didn't visit that bunch this year.
Sympathy is also extended to his grandchildren, in-laws and all his extended family land many friends.
The aged, infirm, senile, and disabled are cared for, whenever possible, within extended family networks.
Nor are grandparents or other extended family members so readily available for nursing duties.
Nuclear families are the main kin group, with relatives involved as kin in the extended family.
Parents, siblings, and extended family members hurt by past behavior sometimes found forgiveness and acceptance difficult.

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