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A '''nuclear family''' is a type of [[family]] unit. It is made up of a husband, a wife, and their children. Not everyone agrees on what a nuclear family is. Some people say that a nuclear family does not include [[stepchildren]] or [[Adoption|adopted]] children.<ref>{{cite web | last = Jackson | first = Kristy | title = Traditional Nuclear Family vs. Blended Family | publisher = California State University, Sacramento | url = http://www.csus.edu/indiv/k/kawamoto/downloadable/50jackson1.htm | format = web | accessdate = 1 February 2014 }}</ref> Others say that a nuclear family may include stepchildren or adopted children.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jxzZl460258C&pg=PA219 |page=219 |first1=William A. |last1=Haviland |first2=Harald E. L. |last2=Prins |first3=Dana |last3=Walrath |title=Cultural anthropology: the human challenge |publisher=Cengage Learning |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-495-09561-3 |edition=12}}</ref> A nuclear family is a part of an [[extended family]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The term ''nuclear family'' was first used in 1947.<ref>Merriam-Webster Online. [http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/nuclear%20family "Definition of nuclear family"].</ref> However, people have lived in nuclear families for thousands of years. In 2005, [[archaeology|archaeologists]] discovered four 4,600-year-old [[:wikt:grave|graves]] in [[Germany]]. Several adults and children who were related were buried in these graves.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Ancient DNA, Strontium isotopes, and osteological analyses shed light on social and kinship organization of the Later Stone Age |journal=PNAS |pages=18226–18231 |volume=105 |issue=47 |last1=Haak |first1=Wolfgang |last2=Brandt |first2=Herman |last3=de Jong |first3=Hylke N. |last4=Meyer |first4=C |last5= Ganslmeier |first5=R |last6=Heyd |first6=V |last7=Hawkesworth |first7=C |last8=Pike |first8=AW |last9=Meller |first9=H |year=2008 |pmid=19015520 |doi=10.1073/pnas.0807592105 |pmc=2587582|bibcode=2008PNAS..10518226H |doi-access=free }}</ref> Researchers think that this proves that people lived in nuclear families a long time ago.<br />
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During and before the [[medieval]] period in [[Europe]], large family groups, such as [[clan]]s, were most common.<ref name="Grief">Grief, Avner (2005). [http://www.aeaweb.org/annual_mtg_papers/2006/0106_0800_1104.pdf "Family Structure, Institutions, and Growth: The Origin and Implications of Western Corporatism"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929211959/https://www.aeaweb.org/annual_mtg_papers/2006/0106_0800_1104.pdf |date=2015-09-29 }}.</ref> By the late medieval period, the nuclear family had become most common.<ref name="Grief" /><br />
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