family networks
Bonds among kin
Family networks are the web of relationships connecting relatives across households and generations.
The term emphasizes family as a system of ongoing connections rather than a single household unit: She relied on her family network for childcare.
In sociology and social work, family networks describe how resources, information, and support flow among kin.
The phrase also appears in discussions of nepotism and inherited advantage: His family network got him the interview.
- nephewSibling's male offspring
- spouseMarried partner
- nieceSibling's female offspring
- auntParent's sister or equivalent
- blood relativesFamily by birth
remittances · grandparent · eldercare · inheritance · cousin · communication · Sunday dinners · holiday gatherings · support systems · child · clan · pooled resources · mourning rituals · caregiving · financial support · in-laws · emigration · reunions
- kinshipmother, father, sister, brother, children
- Persian diasporaexile community, dual identity, heritage speakers, second generation, chain migration
- overseas Chineseoverseas Chinese, ethnic Chinese, Chinese community, Chinatown, Chinatowns
- Maghreb DiasporaAlgeria, Algerians, Morocco, Moroccans, Tunisia
- Spanish diasporaGalicians, Catalans, immigration waves, chain migration, economic migrants
- Latino DiasporaLatinos, Latino community, Latino identity, Mexicans, Colombians
family networksprofessional networks
Career-focused relationship webs
strangers · peer networks · business contacts · friendships · professional associations
family networksstate institutions
Formal bodies of government
civic associations · corporate structures · professional associations
family networkssocial isolation
Lack of human contact
atomization · alienation · disconnection · rootlessness · anomie