[简答]  Extendedfamily Inanextendedfamily,allthepeopleshareonehousehold.Apartfromparentsandchildren,theremaybeotherfamilymembers:grandparents,aunts,uncles,cousins,etc.Thatistosay,alargefamilymayhavemorethantwogenerations,andoftentherearemorethantwoadultsfromdifferentgenerationsofafamily. Thefamilymemberslivetogetherformanyreasons.Theymayhelptobringupchildrenortotakecareofanillrelative.Theymayalsohelpwithsavingmoney.Sometimeschildrenarebroughtupbytheirgrandparents,fortheirparentshavediedorcannevertakecareofthem.Manygrandparentslookafterthechildren,particularlywhenbothparentsarebusyworking.Thislargefamilyiscalledextendedfamily.Itcanbefoundallovertheworld.Thenumberofthesefamilieshasincreasedby40percentinthepasttenyears.Mostofsuchfamilieslivehappilytogether. 2.Anextendfamilyincludesatleastthreegenerations. 3.Inanextendedfamily,childrenarelookedafterbytheirgrandparentsbecausetheirparentsaretravelingaround. 4. Extendedfamiliescanbefoundallovertheworld. 5. Childrencanlivehappilywiththeirparentsandgrandparents.