1st Class EVS My Family My Family Relatives

                                                              My Family and Relatives

We all live in a house with our father, mother, brother and sister. Our parents, brother and sister make our family.

 A small family in which mother and father live with their children is known as a nuclear family. Again, in some families not only parents and children, but also their uncle, aunt, their children along with grand parents live together. Such family is called a joint family.

All the members of a family generally have common surname. Brother of our father is Known as paternal uncle. Brother of our mother is known as maternal uncle. Our uncle's children are our cousins. Our family is our first teacher.

A chart is given herewith to give you an idea of a family tree:

A family has important role in the area in which it stays and other families depend on it.

These families, when taken together, form a society.

Some families follow certain practices which may not be followed by other families. Such practices are called customs of the family. Our family and relatives are the important part of our life They help us in our physical and mental development.