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In human society, Family is a group of people related either by consanguinity or affinity .
In most societies, it is within families that children acquire socialization for life outside the Family, and acts as the primary source of attachment, nurturing, and socialization for humans.
Anthropologists generally classify most Family organizations as matrifocal ; patrifocal ; conjugal ; avuncular ; or extended .
Members of the extended Family may include aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, and siblings-in-law.
Sexual relations with Family members are regulated by rules concerning incest such as the incest taboo.
The field of genealogy aims to trace Family lineages through history.
The word"families" can be used metaphorically to create more inclusive categories such as community, nationhood, and global village.