section_path: Types/Extended family
section_name: Extended family
paragraph_text: Extended family
  
  The term " extended family " is also common, especially in the United States. This term has two distinct meanings:
  
  These types refer to ideal or normative structures found in particular societies. Any society will exhibit some variation in the actual composition and conception of families.
  
  Historically, extended families were the basic family unit in the Catholic culture and countries (such as Southern Europe and Latin America), and in Asian, Middle Eastern and Eastern Orthodox countries.