family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

is a domestic or social group. Family or The Family may also refer to:

Mathematics

Family of curves In geometry, a family of curves is a set of curves, each of which is given by a function or parametrization in which one or more of the parameters is variable. In general, the parameter(s) influence the shape of the curve in a way that is more c ...

, a set of curves resulting from a function with variable parameters *

Family of sets In set theory and related branches of mathematics, a collection F of subsets of a given set S is called a family of subsets of S, or a family of sets over S. More generally, a collection of any sets whatsoever is called a family of sets, set fam ...

, a collection of sets *

Indexed family In mathematics, a family, or indexed family, is informally a collection of objects, each associated with an index from some index set. For example, a ''family of real numbers, indexed by the set of integers'' is a collection of real numbers, whe ...

, a family where each element can be given an index *

Normal family In mathematics, with special application to complex analysis, a ''normal family'' is a pre-compact subset of the space of continuous functions. Informally, this means that the functions in the family are not widely spread out, but rather stick tog ...

, a collection of continuous functions *

Parametric family In mathematics and its applications, a parametric family or a parameterized family is a indexed family, family of objects (a set of related objects) whose differences depend only on the chosen values for a set of parameters. Common examples are p ...

, a family where elements are specified by a set of parameters

Religion

Holy Family The Holy Family consists of the Child Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. The subject became popular in art from the 1490s on, but veneration of the Holy Family was formally begun in the 17th century by Saint François de Laval, the first ...

of the Child Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Joseph *

Family International The Family International (TFI) is a Christian New Religious Movement founded in Huntington Beach, California, USA, in 1968 by David Berg that has been criticized as an authoritarian cult. Originally named Teens for Christ, it has gone under a n ...

, a religious movement formerly called the Children of God *

The Family (Australian New Age group) The Family—also called the Santiniketan Park Association and the Great White Brotherhood—is an Australian New Age group formed in the mid-1960s under the leadership of yoga teacher Anne Hamilton-Byrne (born Evelyn Grace Victoria Edwards; 3 ...

, a controversial Australian religious group *

The Family (Christian political organization) The Fellowship, also known as The Family and the International Foundation, is a U.S.-based religious and political organization founded in 1935 by Abraham Vereide. The stated purpose of The Fellowship is to provide a fellowship forum for decis ...

, or The Fellowship, a Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Christian group *" The Family: A Proclamation to the World", a 1995 statement issued by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Science

Family (biology) Family ( la, familia, plural ') is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of ...

, a level of scientific classification for organisms * Family (periodic table), a group in the periodic table of elements *

Gene family A gene family is a set of several similar genes, formed by duplication of a single original gene, and generally with similar biochemical functions. One such family are the genes for human hemoglobin subunits; the ten genes are in two clusters on ...

, a set of similar genes resulting from gene duplications *

Protein family A protein family is a group of evolutionarily related proteins. In many cases, a protein family has a corresponding gene family, in which each gene encodes a corresponding protein with a 1:1 relationship. The term "protein family" should not be c ...

, a set of similar proteins resulting from gene duplications *

Tornado family A tornado family is a series of tornadoes spawned by the same supercell thunderstorm. These families form a line of successive or parallel tornado paths and can cover a short span or a vast distance. Tornado families are sometimes mistaken as a sin ...

, a series of tornadoes spawned by the same storm cell

Linguistics

Language family A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ''ancestral language'' or ''parental language'', called the proto-language of that family. The term "family" reflects the tree model of language origination in hist ...

, a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language

Arts, entertainment, and media

Art

* ''The Family'' (Schiele), a 1918 oil painting by Egon Schiele * ''A Family'' (painting), a 1951 oil on canvas by Louis le Brocquy * ''The Family'' (Gross), a 1979 bronze sculpture in Manhattan, New York * ''The Family'' (Puccetti), a 1982 steel statue in West Allis, Wisconsin * ''Family'' (Blumenfeld), a 1983 public artwork by Helaine Blumenfeld, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.

Films

* ''A Family'' (1943 film), a 1943 Soviet film * ''The Family'' (1970 film) or ''Città violenta'', an Italian crime film directed by Sergio Sollima * ''The Family'' (1972 film), an Ivorian film directed by Henri Duparc * ''The Family'' (1987 film) or ''La famiglia'', an Italian film directed by Ettore Scola * ''Family'' (1996 film), a 1996 Telugu drama * ''Family'' (2001 film), a Takashi Miike film * ''Family'' (2001 Dutch film), a 2001 Dutch drama * ''A Family'' (2004 film), a South Korean film starring Soo Ae * ''Family'' (2006 film), an Indian Hindi film * ''A Family'' (2010 film), a Danish drama * ''The Family'' (2013 film), a French action comedy directed by Luc Besson * ''Families'' (2015 film), a French film * ''The Family'' (2017 film), a Venezuelan film * ''A Family'' (2017 film), an Italian film * ''Family'' (2018 film), an American film

Literature

* ''The Family'' (Shimazaki novel), 1911 * ''The Family'' (Ba Jin novel), 1933 *''The Family'', a 1971 book by

Ed Sanders Edward Sanders (born August 17, 1939) is an American poet, singer, activist, author, publisher and longtime member of the rock band the Fugs. He has been called a bridge between the Beat and hippie generations. Sanders is considered to have bee ...

*''A Family'', a 1978 play by

Ronald Harwood Sir Ronald Harwood ( né Horwitz; 9 November 1934 – 8 September 2020) was a South African-born British author, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for ''The Dresser'' (for w ...

* ''The Family'' (Buchi Emecheta novel) (U.S.) or ''Gwendolen'' (UK), 1989 * ''Family'' (Cooper novel), 1991 * ''The Family'' (Puzo novel), 2001 *'' The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty'', a 2004 book by Kitty Kelley *'' The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power'', a 2008 book by Jeff Sharlet

Music

Groups

Family (band) Family were an English Rock music, rock band, active from late 1966 to October 1973, and again since 2013 for a series of live shows. Their style has been characterised as progressive rock, as their sound often explored other genres, incorpora ...

, a 1966–73 English rock band *

Family (Spanish band) Family was a cult band from Spain in the 1990s. Although initially unsuccessful, Family gradually acquired a fanbase and is now highly recognised in the Spanish underground pop scene. Their only album, Un Soplo en el Corazón has been praised for ...

, a 1990s pop band *

Family (Willie Nelson's band) The Family is Willie Nelson's touring and recording group. Nelson, who did not manage through the 1960s to succeed as a singer, retired after the failure of his 1971 album ''Yesterday's Wine''. The following year, he returned from retirement rejuv ...

, Willie Nelson's recording and touring group *

The Family (band) The Family was a band formed by Prince, and one of the first signed to Prince's record label, Paisley Park Records. The band reformed as fDeluxe in 2011. History The band's origins started with the disintegration of the Time in 1984. Lead si ...

, an American R&B band formed by Prince * The Family (songwriters), a Swedish songwriting and music production team *The Family, an urban contemporary gospel choir led by

Kirk Franklin Kirk Dewayne Franklin (born January 26, 1970) is an American songwriter, choir director, gospel singer, and rapper. He is best known for leading urban contemporary gospel ensembles such as The Family, God's Property, and One Nation Crew (1NC) a ...

Albums

* ''Family'' (Ignite album), 1995 * ''Family'' (LeAnn Rimes album), 2007 * ''Family'' (Le Loup album), 2009 * ''Family'' (May J. album), 2009 * ''Family'' (Noah Gundersen EP), 2011 * ''Family'' (Think About Life album), 2009 * ''Family'' (Thompson album), 2014 * ''The Family'' (Brockhampton album), 2022 * ''The Family'' (The Family album), by the R&B band, 1985 * ''The Family'' (Mashmakhan album), 1971 *''The Family'', an album by

Satchel A satchel is a bag with a strap, traditionally used for carrying books.Satchel
The Cambridge Dictionary. ...

, 1996

Songs

* "Family" (The Chainsmokers and Kygo song), 2019 *"Family", by Björk from ''

Vulnicura ''Vulnicura'' is the eighth studio album by Icelandic musician and singer Björk. It was produced by Björk, Arca and The Haxan Cloak, and released on 20 January 2015 by One Little Indian Records. Björk said the album expresses her feelings befo ...

'' *"Family", by Ed Sheeran from '' No. 5 Collaborations Project'' *"Family", by Joe Walsh from '' Analog Man'' *"Family", by Hed PE from ''

New World Orphans ''New World Orphans'' is the seventh studio album by American punk rock band Hed PE. Released on January 13, 2009, it is the band's fourth album on Suburban Noize. Music and lyrics ''New World Orphans'' was influenced by Suicidal Tendencie ...

'' *"Family", by the Rolling Stones from ''

Metamorphosis Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops including birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation. Some inse ...

'' *"Family", by S Club 3 *"Family", by TobyMac from ''

Eye on It ''Eye on It'' is the sixth studio album by TobyMac, released on August 28, 2012. A deluxe version of the album was also released. The album experiments more with electronic music, primarily dubstep. " Me Without You" was released as the first si ...

Television

Channels

ABC Family The American cable television, cable and satellite television network that is now known as Freeform (TV channel), Freeform was originally launched as the CBN Satellite Service on April 29, 1977, and has gone through several different owners (and s ...

(now Freeform), a U.S. television network *

Family Channel (Canadian TV network) Family Channel (commonly known as Family) is a Canadian English-language specialty channel owned by WildBrain. The network primarily airs children's television series, Teen drama, teen dramas, as well as other programming targeting a family audi ...

, a Canadian kids' channel *TVNZ Family, a programming block on

TVNZ 6 TVNZ 6 was a digital-only, commercial-free television channel operated by Television New Zealand. It launched in September 2007, and was available in 60.3% of New Zealand homes on the Freeview and SKY Television Digital platforms. TVNZ 6 was ...

, New Zealand

Series

* ''Family'' (1976 TV series), a 1976–80 U.S. drama series * ''Family'' (1994 TV series), an Irish miniseries by Roddy Doyle * ''Family'' (2003 TV series), a British crime drama * ''Family'' (2012 TV series), a South Korean sitcom * ''#Family'' (2018 TV series), a Ugandan sitcom * ''Families'' (TV series), a 1990–93 British daytime soap opera * ''The Family'' (1971 TV series), a 1971 Canadian drama television series * ''The Family'' (1974 TV series), a fly-on-the-wall documentary series * ''The Family'' (2003 TV series), a 2003 reality television show * ''The Family'' (2008 TV series), a documentary series following British families * ''The Family'' (2011 TV series), an Australian version of the British series * ''The Family'' (2016 TV series), an American thriller/drama series * ''The Family'' (miniseries), a 2019 documentary series

Episodes and segments

* "Family" (''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'') * "Family" (''House'') * "Family" (''Masters of Horror''), 2006 * "Family" (''Star Trek: The Next Generation'') * "Family" (''Stargate SG-1'') * "Family" (''The Secret Circle'') * "The Family" (sketch), from ''The Carol Burnett Show''

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Family (musical instruments) A family of musical instruments is a grouping of several different but related sizes or types of instruments. Some schemes of musical instrument classification, such as the Hornbostel-Sachs system, are based on a hierarchy of instrument families a ...

, a grouping of similar musical instruments *

Family Radio Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

, a non-commercial traditional religious broadcasting network in the United States * The Family, a fictional group of aliens battled by the DC Comics character

Metamorpho Metamorpho (real name Rex Mason, also called The Element Man) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He was created in 1965 by writer Bob Haney and artist Ramona Fradon. Metamorpho is a founding member of the Out ...

Groups and organizations

Family (US Census) A family is defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes as "a group of two people or more (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such people (including related su ...

, a group of related people residing together * The Family (American crime organization), an NJ African-American crime organization founded by Akbar Pray *

The Family (Arkansas politics) Conway-Johnson family (also called “The Family” or “The Dynasty”) was a prominent American political family from Arkansas of British origin. It was founded by Henry Wharton Conway, of Greene County, Tennessee, who had come to the state of ...

, a 19th-century American political coalition *

The Family (club) The Family is a private club in San Francisco, California, formed in 1901 by newspapermen who in protest, left the Bohemian Club due to censorship. The club maintains a clubhouse in San Francisco, as well as rural property 35 miles to the south i ...

, a private club formed in San Francisco in 1901 *"The Family", a group of 18th-century Carolina planters opposed by

George Burrington George Burrington ( ca. 1682 – 22 February 1759) was a British colonial official who served as the third and fifth governor of North Carolina from 1724 to 1725 and 1731 to 1734. He is noted for opening the lower Cape Fear region to settlement ...

*"The Family", a 2005–06 American terrorist cell arrested in Operation Backfire *"The Family", a gang responsible for

The Family Murders The Family Murders is the name given to a series of five murders speculated to have been committed by a loosely connected group of individuals who came to be known as "The Family". This group was believed to be involved in the kidnapping and se ...

in Adelaide, Australia. *

Crime family A crime family is a unit of an organized crime syndicate, particularly in Italian organized crime and especially in the Sicilian Mafia and Italian American Mafia, often operating within a specific geographic territory or a specific set of activit ...

, a name for crime organizations. *The Families, a gang in GTA San Andreas and

GTA V ''Grand Theft Auto V'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh main entry in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2008's ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', and the fifteenth i ...