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#1
Nov 21, 2021, 04:48 AM
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I’m not really sure where to post this, so decided to leave it here.
I come from a less than supportive, neglectful family. I was wondering if anyone has a word they use to refer to their family by. It’s something that I absolutely hate to say when referring to them. Because they are not what I would consider to be “family”. So yeah, if anyone can help me out with a better word? |
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#2
Nov 21, 2021, 06:33 AM
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"Family of origin" usually gets my point across. It's distancing. Has a great abbr: FOO.
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#3
Nov 21, 2021, 08:45 AM
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If you want to avoid the word "family" altogether, here are a few suggestions:
Birth parents and their kin Biological kin Filial kin |
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#4
Nov 27, 2021, 03:24 PM
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I hear you.
 "Family" implies an emotional connection. It's painful if it doesn't exist.To me family is not just DNA or blood relatives. It's supposed to be about relationships but that's doesn't always existing in some "families". Good idea, and I wish it would pick up steam in our culture, esp. at this time of the year.
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#5
Nov 27, 2021, 03:51 PM
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I would use FOO, for the reasons unaluna mentioned.
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#6
Nov 29, 2021, 03:32 AM
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Tribe? Clan? Gang?
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#7
Nov 30, 2021, 02:00 PM
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Quote:
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#8
Nov 30, 2021, 02:03 PM
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Nuclear unit
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#9
Nov 30, 2021, 02:32 PM
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Quote:
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#10
Nov 30, 2021, 02:35 PM
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How about just "the relatives"?
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#11
Dec 11, 2021, 10:26 AM
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Quote:
PUS - parental units 
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#12
Dec 11, 2021, 12:02 PM
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I had a friend whose biological father left her mother a few weeks after she was born. She eventually settled on life donor because that is all he really ever provided her with.
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#13
Dec 11, 2021, 02:18 PM
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Or failing that, you could always try the ole 'air quotes'.
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#14
Dec 11, 2021, 02:25 PM
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I don't use this term because I am adopted, but you can use the most literal sense of the word - Blood.
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