Sociological Portrait Of My Family

I live with my parents and five siblings. My mother’s name are Sharon Bailey and my father’s name is Everald Bailey. I have one brother and four sisters; from oldest to youngest their name is Lakisha Bailey, Angeleta Bailey, Sacha Bailey and Shanel Bailey and my brother’s name is Christopher Bailey. Other members such as aunts and uncle lives in Jamaica, New Jersey and New York. The health related changes that my family faced most recently is my father’s father passing away on October 10, 2015 and my aunt has been diagnosed with having diabetes. Christopher is thirty-five years old and he is a construction worker. My sister Lakisha just migrated here to America from Jamaica in May of 2015 and she is thirty-three years old. She has a bachelors …show more content…
Jamaica is a Caribbean island nation. Jamaica main language is patwa which is similar to English; patwa is defined as broken English. I asked the people that’s listed in my genogram to describe to me their ethnic origin and what does it mean to them and the majority of them stated that they are black and they are proud to be a Jamaican. What being a Jamaican means to them is they feel that they have a strong attitude and they have a spine to stand up for what they believe in. Most of my family is Christians, but some of them do not believe in anything or anyone. The ones who are Christians take their faith in God seriously and go to church every Sunday; the ones who do not believe in anyone is just living life to their satisfaction. Our degree of assimilation is about average. My siblings and I are closer to my mother 's side of the family; more than my father 's side of the family because most of my father’s side of the family is in Jamaica and my mother’s side is in America. In Jamaican culture the woman in the family is in charge of the households. The woman in the family makes the decision while the man follows along. When confronted with a decision I approach the decision according to how my parents ' would deal with the situation. When decision making I would ask for my parents …show more content…
They also believe in eating better, exercise; at lease walking for 20 minutes a day or more and prayers. The most advance illness that were treated at home is a cold or the flu. These illness were cured by staying warm, dress in a lot of clothing, drinking tea and soup, taking a warm bath and cold medicines. The impact of gender roles on decision made about health and illness is based on the person who is ill. For example, if my cousin is ill her mother will normally give her home remedies to heal her or if it is too advance she will take her to the doctor or if I am ill my mother make the decision on what is best for me and if my grandparents are ill we normally all come together to make an decision on what is best for him or her. If someone was sick in my family depending on the relationship like what I said above takes charge of one another. If the elderly is sick I am not sure who would be in charge and cared for him or her because I have not been in that situation yet but I am assuming we all would come together to decide who will take care of the elderly. Possibly hiring a home health aide or taking turns caring for them. We do not believe in letting an elderly relative living in a nursing