A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
“Our family lives in town.”
An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
“1915, William T. Groves, A History and Genealogy of the Groves Family in America”
noun
A person belonging to a particular family; a close relative or relation.