Summary

A Family can be defined as two or more Persons related by birth, or through marriage, adoption, civil union, or other social conventions that bind them together as a socially recognised familial group. In the Records in Context - Conceptual Model, Family is a kind of Group.

Details

The Records in Context - Conceptual Model v. 0.2 (preview) Dezember 2019 defines and describes a Family as follows:
Definition
Two or more persons related by birth, or through marriage, adoption, civil union, or other social conventions that bind them together as a socially recognized familial group.

Scope Note
Family is a kind of Group (RiC-E09).
"Family" is used here as a general term that encompasses a wide variety of familial groups. Other types of familial groups include Dynasty, Clan, House, Tribe and others.
Though family may be a recognized legal group in specific contexts, the term may also be used for groups that are socially recognized as families. A family may be a group of persons related either by consanguinity or affinity or cohabitation or other social conventions.
In some context, a Family may be a legally recognized as Corporate Body. For example, certain North American peoples (tribes) retain self-government rights and have jurisdiction over defined tribal lands.
Examples
Noel Family
Casa de Borbón; Fugger Family; Señores de los Cameros
Métis Nation Six, Haida First Nation; House of York; Dukes of Northumberland; Família Schwarz

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