By Nguyen Huy Hoang (M.A) Unit 1 Short introduction and definitions to types of family. Nuclear family Nuclear family consists of the father, the mother, and the chilren. Extended family Extended family consists of the grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, and in- laws, (relatives through marriage). SINGLE PARENT FAMILY + A single parent family consists of the children and one parent either the father and the mother + In Viet Nam , there are more and more the type of single families BLENDED FAMILIES OR STEPFAMILIES - A family in which both parents have been divorced, each with their own children they remarry and bring both sets chilren into the marriage + It consists of stepparents, stepsister, stepbrother, halfbrother and half sister. . By Nguyen Huy Hoang (M.A) Unit 1 Short introduction and definitions to types of family. Nuclear family