My Family: My Unique Meaning Of Family

Family has a unique meaning no matter what culture it possibly can be. I never had a chance to meet my extended family from my mother’s side because her parents passed away before I was born and she was the only child in her household. I grew up with only spending parts of the day with my father and the other half with my mother. Other peers in places that I would go to school with thought my family was together because they were more involved in what I liked to do when I was younger. When I was younger I always thought families were supposed to be traditional with two parents of the opposite sex and thought that all families had the typical mother and father in their lives. As I was growing up my family were not living together and only spoke …show more content…
My brother has a different father than me. None of my family members have the same last name as me because my mother kept her maiden name and my brother has a different father than I do. I would describe my family as being a blended family. My brother has a different father than me and even though this is the case he still considered family. This aspect is important in my concept of family because even if I do not talk to them everyday I still have this connection where they will support the decisions that I want to make even if it is no what everyone agrees with. On all contrary, there is definitely diversity with having a blended family especially since they have been a part of most of my life. I have seen my family stick there through it all and do not leave you even when times get rough which is why this diversity makes a great impact and shapes me into the person I am. According to Introduction Communication Patterns and Families, a meaning of family is when the members are there to give as much emotional support as possible (Tullos, …show more content…
I consider my first cousins,aunts,and uncles family because they are blood related but other than that we distance each other because of only speaking to my father every now and then. These members still have culture based rituals that have impacted my family into the way that we are and can shape us into a family as well. Certain cultures only have exclusive members as part of their family. I do not exclude my relatives out that I do not communicate with any more because they did some sort of impact in my life and willing to not be against me. Sometimes my family treats some of my close friends as family members because of the amount of support that they can give me. It makes my family unique because even though I do not have many members on both sides of the family I still have friends that treat me like I am part of their