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His, hers, ours: the new extended family
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His, hers, ours: the new extended family
Kareemah Mills has three stepmothers and is one of seven children. Three of her siblings are her half-brothers and half-sisters.
The makeup of Mills' family is all too common these days. It's a prime example of "the new extended family," which is partly an outgrowth of exploding divorce rates in recent decades, delayed marriages and the rise in the number of African-American women who are heading households as single mothers. In fact, single mothers now head nearly one-half of all African-American house-holds. These single moms or their mothers have ...
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Extended family probed as search continues for girl
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Street men, family men: race and men's extended family integration.(Report)
; ...in general (Lempert 1999) and their extended family involvement in particular. Extended family ties, however, are regaining prominence...and empirical research on black men's extended family integration. Using the second wave...
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Dire need looms for extended family
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Extended family for kids in need
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Salt Lake City police look at girl's relatives But say missing teen's extended family is not focus of investigation
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Post Script: Extended family exjoys get together at Westward Ho.(News)
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