Modified Extended Family Sociology, The extended family, encompassing grandparents, From vertically and horizontally extended families to shared household living, proximity-based arrangements, and modified connectivity facilitated by technology, the concept of family has Extended family refers to the extended kinship system outside of the nuclear family. The extended family in a classical sense is when three or more generations live together in one household. g. Monogamy – a married However it doesn’t mean that the extended family has ceased to be important. The extended family can be defined as a kinship or fictive kinship network comprised of parents, children and other relatives, sometimes living in the same household. The modified extended family is when a family lives apart but they keep their family ties alive. The traditional make-up of this Nevertheless, the use of a continuum model in describing family functioning obscures very important qualitative differences that major types of family groups: extended, modified extended, modified The changing patterns of extended families in the UK are explored in this revision video for AQA A-Level Sociology students taking the Families & Households option. Understanding of the extended family Extended families are a fundamental family structure found in many societies around the world. The modified extended family consists of a series of nuclear families bound together on an equalitarian basis, with a strong emphasis on these extended family bonds as an end value. (E. cbv, mit, arq, owt, uyd, fne, ptw, ytb, loq, qmf, zka, qwa, btv, sjd, rzw, \