Our first school

 

We go to school to learn so many things.  But we learn more things from our parents, siblings, grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins; family. 

So family is our true first school. 

Family 

Here is a video which shows how to draw a family tree.

Let's draw a family tree of your own. Download the following template and make your own family tree. 

 

In your family there is many similarities between the members in their looks, personality, way of talking, food habits, etc. Lets make list of similarities between you and your family members. 

Who	Whom	What
You

In  our family we go to different persons for different needs.  Let's find out whom do you go to and fill the table.

Sad
happy
know about past
Share secret
Do something wrong
Want to have something

If family is a school then we learn different things from different members.  Think of the things you lear from your family and fill the table.

I learn	from

Now let us learn some of the different relationships in the family. 

Male	Female	Relationship
father	mother	parent
son	daughter	child
husband	wife	spouse
brother	sister	sibling
grandfather	grandmother	grandparents
grandson	granddaughter	grandchild
uncle	aunt	parent's sibling
nephew	niece	sibling's child
cousin	cousin	aunt's/uncle's child

Now let learn a bit more.

From your father's side.

• Your father's father is your grandfather
• Your father's mother is your grandmother 
• Your father's wife is your mother 
• Your father's brother is your uncle 
• Your father's sister is your aunt
• Your father's son is your brother 
• Your father's daughter is your sister 
• Your father's niece/ nephew is your cousin 

From your mother's side.

• Your  mother's father is your grandfather
• Your mother's mother is your grandmother 
• Your mother's husband is your father 
• Your mother's brother is your uncle 
• Your mother's sister is your aunt
• Your mother's son is your brother 
• Your mother's daughter is your sister 
• Your mother's niece/ nephew is your cousin 

From your sibling's side.

• Your sibling's son is your nephew 
• Your sibling's daughter is your niece 

From your uncle/ aunt's  side.

• Your uncle/ aunt's child is your cousin. 

From your spouse's (husband or wife) side.

• Your spouse's  father is your father-in-law 
• Your spouse's mother is your mother-in-law 
• Your spouse's brother is your brother-in-law 
• Your spouse's sister is your sister-in-law 

From your child's side.

• Your child's son is your grandson 
• Your child's daughter is your granddaughter 
• Your son's wife is your daughter-in-law 
• Your daughter's husband is your son-in-law 

Types of family 

After reading all this here is test.

Click here to have a test on this chapter.