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Family Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1 of 2fam·i·ly ˈfam-lē
ˈfa-mə-
1
a
: the basic unit in society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their children
also : any of various social units differing from but regarded as equivalent to the traditional family
a single-parent family
b
: spouse and children
want to spend more time with my family
2
: a group of individuals living under one roof and usually under one head : household
3
a
: a group of persons of common ancestry : clan
b
: a people or group of peoples regarded as deriving from a common stock
4
a
: a group of people united by certain convictions or a common affiliation : fellowship
b
: the staff of a high official (such as the President)
5
: a group of things related by common characteristics: such as
a
: a closely related series of elements or chemical compounds
b
: a group of soils with similar chemical and physical properties (such as texture, pH, and mineral content) that comprise a category ranking above the series and below the subgroup in soil classification
c
: a group of related languages descended from a single ancestral language
6
a
: a group of related plants or animals forming a category ranking above a genus and below an order and usually comprising several to many genera
b in livestock breeding
(1)
: the descendants or line of a particular individual especially of some outstanding female
(2)
: an identifiable strain within a breed
7
: a set of curves or surfaces whose equations differ only in parameters
8
: a unit of a crime syndicate (such as the Mafia) operating within a geographical area
familyhood
ˈfam-lē-ˌhu̇d
ˈfa-mə-
noun
family
2 of 2
1
: of or relating to a family (see family entry 1)
2
: designed or suitable for both children and adults
family restaurants
family movies
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The answer to the question “what does family mean?” is both difficult to answer and highly subjective. The word has shifted its meaning considerably since it entered our language, currently contains many different senses, and in at least one of these senses may signify different things to different people. The earliest uses of
family denoted “a group of persons in the service of an individual,” a sense that is now archaic. Although this early meaning may seem far afield from the way that most of us use family today, it is not surprising when we consider that the word comes from the Latin familia, which meant “household,” a designation that included both servants and relatives.
In modern use family may refer to one of a number of different groups of people or things collectively, such as chemical compounds, related languages, plants and animals, and people who may or may not share ancestry. Family is often encountered in legal use, but even within the jargon of the law it is not restricted to a single meaning. In many legal contexts family denotes “individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption,” but in others the definition may be somewhat broader, encompassing groups of individuals not related by these things.
Synonyms
Noun
- blood
- clan
- folks
- house
- kin
- kindred
- kinfolk
- kinfolks
- kinsfolk
- line
- lineage
- people
- race
- stock
- tribe
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Example Sentences
Noun
The disappearance of decent-paying low-skilled jobs over the last 30 years makes it virtually impossible for a young high-school dropout to successfully support a family on a legitimate income.
—Karen De Witt, Essence, August 1994 A defendant in a racketeering trial was described yesterday as a Mafia captain who had carried out a plot to kill three rivals in the Bonanno crime family. —Arnold H. Lubasch, New York Times, 30 Apr. 1987 Nobody ever came to the farm—through "the big gate," a mile off on the pike—except kin and a family named Rawls: a widow with two daughters and a son, my only playmate. —Robert Penn Warren, Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back, 1980 It was quite an understood thing in the family that Lord Fawn must marry money. —Anthony Trollope,
The Eustace Diamonds, 1871
There were a lot of families at the circus.
The show is fun for the whole family. a death in the family There are several doctors on his mother's side of the family. She wants to spend more time with her family. After his father's death he became the head of the family. She's a friend of the family. He spent a quiet evening at home with family.
trying to find a balance between work and family He's devoted to his wife and family. See More
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Beach family attorney Mark Tinsley said Alex Murdaugh and his lawyer were working hard to keep his financial information out of Tinsley's hands when the killings happened.
—Jeffrey Collins, ajc, 7 Feb. 2023 In some cases, a family business may have been gifted and/or sold to the trust. —Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023 The 54-year-old disbarred lawyer is accused of fatally shooting his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and son Paul at the family hunting estate on the night of June 7, 2021. —Valerie Bauerlein, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023 The four intruders claim to have foreknowledge of impending disasters that will extinguish human life—unless this family chooses one member to sacrifice and then carries out the killing, and not by suicide. —Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023 Especially in western countries where aging parents don't live with their children or other family.
—Kristin Luna, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2023 In the three decades since its passage, the FMLA has guaranteed Americans 12 weeks of unpaid leave to recover from illness, care for a family member, or spend time with a new child without the threat of losing their job. —Kinsey Crowley, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2023 The Universal Pictures release stars Dave Bautista as one of four strangers who approach a family vacationing in a rural cabin. —Jake Coyle, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2023 The person said another family member was armed with multiple knives and threatening people inside the house. —Megan Jones, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2023
Organizers assigned eight collection sites located in each of the city’s geographic quadrants to target residents of single- and multi-family homes.
—Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2023 The Portland City Council is considering a proposal to require new multi-family housing with five or more apartments or condos to include conduits and electrical capacity to install future electric vehicle charging stations. —oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2023 Sharon Olson is the founder of Olson Wealth Group, a multi-family office and independent wealth management firm focused on legacy planning. —Sharon Olson, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023 According to police, Bosompra was shot and killed Thursday evening in the common area of a multi-family residence at 137 Robbins St., Waterbury. —Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2023 Such words generally don’t buzz around building a $108 million building that will feature multi-family housing and retail.
—Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 17 Jan. 2023 The result is sales of $6.6 billion since becoming The Jills Zeder Group and $1.6 billion in deals last year — not to mention the founding of a multi-family realtor dynasty, with each member pulling considerable financial weight. —Christopher Cameron, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2023 One person was critically injured and more than 50 people were evacuated after a fire swept through a multi-family condominium building in Arlington Heights, fire officials said. —Elizabeth Owens-schiele, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2023 The Cooper Park houses, a public housing development, are made up of 11 multi-family apartment buildings built in 1950. —Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 24 Nov.
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Word History
Etymology
Noun and Adjective
Middle English familie, from Latin familia household (including servants as well as kin of the householder), from famulus servant
First Known Use
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Adjective
1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of family was in the 15th century
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family
noun
fam·i·ly
ˈfam-(ə-)lē
1
: a group of individuals living under one roof and under one head
2
: a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
3
: a group of things having common characteristics
especially : a closely related series of elements or chemical compounds
4
a
: a social group composed of one or two parents and their children
b
: a social group different from but considered equal to the traditional family
5
: a group of related plants or animals ranking in biological classification above a genus and below an order
Medical Definition
family
noun
fam·i·ly ˈfam-(ə-)lē
1
: the basic unit in society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their children
also : any of various social units differing from but regarded as equivalent to the traditional family
a single-parent family
2
: a group of related plants or animals forming a category ranking above a genus and below an order and usually comprising several to many genera
family adjective
Legal Definition
family
noun
fam·i·ly ˈfam-lē, ˈfa-mə-
1
: a group of individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption
2
: a group of usually related individuals who live together under common household authority and especially who have reciprocal duties to each other
Note: The interpretation of the word family in a law context depends upon the area of the law concerned (as contract or zoning law), the purpose of the document (as a statute or contract) in which it is used, and the facts of the case.
Often for zoning purposes, the occupants of a group home are considered a family if the organization is like that of a family or if the home is going to be a permanent rather than a transitional residence for the occupants.
familial
fə-ˈmil-yəl
adjective
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[ fam-uh-lee, fam-lee ]
/ ˈfæm ə li, ˈfæm li /
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noun, plural fam·i·lies.
- a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family.
- a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family.
the spouse and children of one person: I'm taking the family on vacation next week.
any group of people closely related by blood or marriage, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins: to marry into a socially prominent family.
all those people considered as descendants of a common progenitor: the Tudor family of England.
Chiefly British. approved lineage, especially noble, titled, famous, or wealthy ancestry: young men of family.
a group of people who form a household under one head, including parents, children, servants, etc.
the staff, or body of assistants, of an official: the presidential family.
a group of people or things that are related by common characteristics, features, or properties: the family of romantic poets; the halogen family of elements.
a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals and, frequently, live together: Many hippie communes of the sixties regarded themselves as families.
I’m not in contact with my relatives, so my friends are my family.
a group of people who are considered to be united in a common occupation or enterprise: Our volunteers are an important part of our hospital family.
an animal or animals with their young: There goes a duck family crossing the road.
a group of products or product models made by the same manufacturer or producer: Chevrolet's family of cars.
Biology. the usual major subdivision of an order or suborder in the classification of plants, animals, fungi, etc., usually consisting of several genera.
Slang. a unit of an organized crime syndicate, especially the Mafia or Cosa Nostra, operating in one area under a local leader.
Linguistics. the largest category into which languages related by common origin can be classified with certainty: Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, and Austronesian are the most widely spoken families of languages.Compare stock (def. 12), subfamily (def. 2).
Mathematics.
- a given class of solutions of the same basic equation, differing from one another only by the different values assigned to the constants in the equation.
- a class of functions or the like defined by an expression containing a parameter.
- a set.
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of a family: a family trait.
belonging to or used by a family: a family automobile; a family room.
suitable or appropriate for adults and children: a family amusement park.
not containing obscene language: The students made a game of looking up swearwords during library time, so the librarian is investing in a new set of family dictionaries.
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Idioms about family
in a / the family way, pregnant1 (def. 1).
Origin of family
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English familie, from Latin familia “a household, the slaves of a household, domestics” equivalent to famul(us) “attendant, servant, slave” + -ia noun suffix; see -y3
grammar notes for family
See collective noun.
OTHER WORDS FROM family
an·ti·fam·i·ly, adjectivein·ter·fam·i·ly, adjectiveWords nearby family
familiarize, families, familism, Familist, famille, family, family allowance, Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, family balancing, family Bible, family circle
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Words related to family
clan, folk, group, house, household, people, tribe, ancestors, ancestry, birth, blood, brood, children, class, descendants, descent, dynasty, extraction, forebears, genealogy
How to use family in a sentence
Odds are you've spent more time with your family this year than ever before, which is great.
Three Family-Friendly Adventures to Try This Fall|Outside Editors|September 17, 2020|Outside Online
In a statement, HHS said Caputo would be on leave for the next 60 days to “focus on his health and the well-being of his family.”
Trump contradicts CDC director on vaccine; Biden says Americans shouldn’t trust Trump|Colby Itkowitz, Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner|September 16, 2020|Washington Post
Conversely, Recon’s campers are designed with families and small groups in mind.
Can’t Afford a Sprinter? Get a Tiny Van Instead.|Emily Pennington|September 16, 2020|Outside Online
Coronavirus fears are also tied to how people plan to cast their ballots, with nearly 6 in 10 voters who are worried about a family member becoming infected saying they plan to vote early, compared with about 2 in 10 of those who are less worried.
Post-ABC Wisconsin poll shows Biden holding narrow edge over Trump|Dan Balz, Emily Guskin|September 16, 2020|Washington Post
Biden spoke at the top of a roundtable discussion in Tampa with veterans and military families.
Trump, in town hall, says he wouldn’t have done anything differently on pandemic|Colby Itkowitz, Josh Dawsey, Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner|September 16, 2020|Washington Post
Everywhere I go, ‘Hey Cartman, you must like Family Guy, right?’
Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie|Arthur Chu|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The third suspect, an 18-year-old named Hamyd Mourad, who turned himself in, is part of the same extended family.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Saved from the public gallows, Weeks was virtually exiled from the city, and wound up in Mississippi, where he raised a family.
New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion|Nina Strochlic|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A spokesman for Lewisham council said last year that it would be forced to act if the family returned to Britain.
Britain May Spy on Preschoolers Searching for Potential Jihadis|Nico Hines|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003|Vicky Ward|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
“This house must have been the hotel of some distinguished family, Baron; it is nobly proportioned,” said David Arden.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
What course was taken to supply that assembly when any noble family became extinct?
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
The pig family did not know when Squinty would be taken away from them, and all they could do was to wait.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
Mrs. Jolly Robin had often wished—when she was trying to feed a rapidly-growing family—that she could hunt forp.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
British Dictionary definitions for family
family
/ (ˈfæmɪlɪ, ˈfæmlɪ) /
noun plural -lies
- a primary social group consisting of parents and their offspring, the principal function of which is provision for its members
- (as modifier)family quarrels; a family unit
one's wife or husband and one's children
one's children, as distinguished from one's husband or wife
a group of persons related by blood; a group descended from a common ancestorCompare extended family
all the persons living together in one household
any group of related things or beings, esp when scientifically categorized
biology any of the taxonomic groups into which an order is divided and which contains one or more genera.
Felidae (cat family) and Canidae (dog family) are two families of the order Carnivora
ecology a group of organisms of the same species living together in a community
a group of historically related languages assumed to derive from one original language
mainly US an independent local group of the Mafia
maths a group of curves or surfaces whose equations differ from a given equation only in the values assigned to one or more constants in each curvea family of concentric circles
physics the isotopes, collectively, that comprise a radioactive series
in the family way informal pregnant
Word Origin for family
C15: from Latin familia a household, servants of the house, from famulus servant
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for family
family
[ făm′ə-lē ]
A group of organisms ranking above a genus and below an order.
The names of families end in -ae, a plural ending in Latin. In the animal kingdom, family names end in -idae, as in Canidae (dogs and their kin), while those in the plant kingdom usually end in -aceae, as in Rosaceae (roses and their kin). See Table at taxonomy.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Cultural definitions for family
family
In biology, the classification lower than an order and higher than a genus. Lions, tigers, cheetahs, and house cats belong to the same biological family. Human beings belong to the biological family of hominids. (See Linnean classification.)
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Other Idioms and Phrases with family
family
see in a family way; run in the blood (family).
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
The origin of the word "family" - nocturnal_kira — LiveJournal
The origin of the word "family"
Walking through the expanses of the Internet, I came across a discussion of the question: where did the word "family" come from. It's interesting in my opinion.
This word is absent in other Slavic languages, except for Ukrainian and Belarusian. And, for example, in Serbian it is a breed, in Slovenian it is druzina, in Czech it is rodina, in Polish it is rodzina. But parallels with the Russian word family are found in the Baltic languages, which are related to the Slavic ones. The root of this word is sm. But once again I repeat that this is not a numeral. In deep antiquity, the Slavs called this word sm "personality", and in this case the collective name formed from this root will be smia, smya.
Professor B.A. Larin, comparing this word with the data of the Baltic languages (with Lithuanian and Latvian), believed that its oldest meaning was “a large family, which included only relatives”, in other words, only “our own”. And this was the legacy of the tribal era. Over time, the circle of “friends” gradually increased, but this increase was not only at the expense of friends and close relatives. Here, too, economic ties had an impact on the fact that "strangers" gradually began to be perceived as "our own". This is how the new meaning of the word family appeared: “an economic team consisting of related and unrelated persons”, that is, a family is “everyone living in a house, living under one roof, including servants, slaves”. And there is nothing surprising or strange in this, that is, over time, all people living together and doing common work began to be perceived as one big family. We note in passing that in the old days there was a word cmin (with the suffix of singularity).
That was the name of the slave. And this example eloquently testifies that the family included not only relatives, but also servants, servants, slaves. In the Old Russian language, this new meaning of the word family can be found in many written monuments. Let us give such an example, referring to 1660 (Acts of the Moscow State): “They took him Stenka full of Tatars with his wife and children and his family, and 10 people were taken from him from one house full of people.” But it turns out that in the colloquial Russian speech of the middle (and then the upper) classes, the word family has another - already figurative meaning - “wife”. In the Acts of the Veliky Ustyug Mikhailo-Arkhangelsk Monastery we find information about the contributors, and one of them is written as follows: “I gave a contribution ... Klimenty Eutropiev son of TropIn for himself and for his children - for his son for Matthew and for Isaiah and for Ivan and for the family remember your Matryona and for your daughter for Olena for your health .
.. half a quarter of rubles. By the way, this meaning of the word family as “wife” was preserved in some Russian folk dialects and was recorded, for example, in songs and epics. We will give an example from one epic recorded by Hilferding on the Onega River (Onega epics recorded by Hilferding. SPb., 1873, p. 29): Hello Dobrynya son Nikitich, With his yes with his beloved family, With that was Marinushka Kaidalevna. So, today we are considering the history of the word family. The modern meaning of this word in Russian differs from that which it had in past centuries, that is, now there is no opposition: “himself”, “husband”, “owner”, “family subject to him”, that is, his possession. In the old days, a family was called "a large economic team of related and unrelated persons, including servants." In other words, the family is all those who sat at the same common table. Petersburg professor V.V. Kolesov notes that “in the business language of Ancient Rus' (until the beginning of the 15th century), the word family began to be used in the meaning of “a group of close relatives (husband, wife, parents, children”, that is, already without servants in In our time, we use this word in this sense.
And even in modern Russian, this word can be called a biological family when they talk about plants or animals, and they also call a group of related languages, for example, there is a family of Slavic languages, family of Germanic languages, family of Romance languages, etc.
Unfortunately I don't know the name of the author :-(
The main word is "family"
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The closest, native people. We love them very much, they give us warmth and help in difficult situations. This is family! This is a home, the most comfortable and safe. This is a world in which everything is understandable, familiar and expensive.
And the family is the foundation of our society.
The Naifonovs became the winners of the All-Russian competition "Family of the Year" in the nomination "Rural Family"
And the basis of the family is the love and fidelity of the spouses. It depends on their responsibility, reliability and patience how strong it will be. And when children appear in a family, it becomes a lot of light, warmth, joy and life!
Today is our story about the large Naifonov family, which can rightly be called strong, reliable, faithful and loving.
Spouses Maya and Robert met in the village of Surkh-Digora when they were still schoolchildren. And they got married in 1991, in such a difficult time in the history of our country, but the family survived and grew stronger. For 29 years of marriage, they raised three children - David, Alena and George.
The head of the family, Robert, had no doubts about his choice of profession and followed in his mother's footsteps - he graduated from the Faculty of Geography of SOGU and began working as a geography teacher at his native school in Surkh-Digor.
He also taught, replaced a drawing teacher, and even taught labor lessons. Robert became an orphan early and he did all the male work in the family: he mowed hay, brought firewood, repaired the house ... In addition, the future father of a large family worked on the collective farm named after him during the summer holidays. Getoev in his native village. He also taught his children from an early age to industriousness.
The young specialist enjoyed prestige and respect among his fellow villagers. Despite his young age, Robert was only 23 years old, he was elected the head of the village, from 1992 to 2000 he served as the head of the settlement. During his work, he did a lot to improve the living conditions of the villagers, the development of the village: water supply was established, street lamps were installed on the streets, a new bridge was built at the entrance.
In 2000, Robert Lvovich moved to work in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. And there he established himself as a good employee and organizer.
Spouse Maya Sekinaeva has been working for 19 years in the municipal government pre-school educational institution "Swallow" in Surkh-Digor as a methodologist and music director. He has the titles of "Honorary Worker of Education of the Russian Federation" and "Veteran of Labour". She is an active participant in numerous municipal, republican and all-Russian competitions.
And yet - the repeated winner of the annual competition "Teacher of the Year". Pupils of Maya Vladimirovna do not lag behind their mentor - they win various competitions, perform at concerts. She tries to instill in children a love for their native language, culture and life of the Ossetian people. And what poetry and songs she composes! Her works are published on the pages of republican newspapers and "Iraf" magazine. Maya Sekinaeva is currently working on the creation of methodological manuals "Old Musical Instruments", "Poems and fairy tales for preschool children in their native Digor language".
Maya grew up in a large and friendly family. Her parents raised six children, all of whom received higher education. All six played different musical instruments and even created the Svirel family ensemble. The amazingly talented, musical Sekinaev family is known throughout Ossetia and even beyond its borders. "Our grandmother played the Ossetian harmonica beautifully and instilled in her grandchildren a love of music. It was the love of music that turned out to be decisive in choosing a profession. I graduated from high school - received a diploma in economics. But still I retrained as a music teacher, because I always felt that this was my "The family supported my choice. It coincided with my husband that we both connected our lives with pedagogy. I really love my profession and consider it one of the best in the world," Maya shared.
Her main mentor is her mother-in-law Venera Gadziretovna, who has worked as a primary school teacher for 55 years. Hundreds of students passed through her hands, to whom she instilled a love of learning, hard work, and respect for elders. A good example is her grandchildren. She is the first teacher of Robert and Maya's children.
Children in the Naifonov family are hardworking and creative. All three graduated from the Surkh-Digorsk rural secondary school with medals.
Zaida GAPPOEVA, Head of the Department of Family and Demographic Policy and Prevention of Neglect:
- The All-Russian competition "Family of the Year" has been held since 2016. It is organized by the Foundation for Support of Children in Difficult Life Situations and the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation.
Winning families are determined in five nominations: "Large family", "Young family", "Rural family", "Golden family of Russia", "Family - the keeper of traditions". The purpose of the competition is to preserve and increase family traditions, to raise the prestige of the family. Together with the municipalities, joint work is carried out, during which we select candidates. As a result of the competitive selection, the winners are determined, then materials about them are sent to Moscow, where the commission issues its verdict. In 2020, three families became the winners: the Baskaevs (“The family is the keeper of traditions”), the Yessenovs (“Golden Family”) and the Badrievs (“Large Family”). In 2021, the Naifonov family from the Irafsky district won in the Rural Family nomination.
The eldest son David began to draw from the age of one. The family supported and created conditions for the development of his talent. Now he is a graduate of the Moscow State Academy of Art and Industry. S. G. Stroganova, works at the Digorsk State Theater as the chief artist-designer.
Daughter Alena - plays the Ossetian harmonica, dances well. But she received her higher education as a pharmacist, now she works in a pharmacy. While studying at the university, she participated in many competitions, repeatedly became the winner.
The youngest son of the Naifonovs, Georgy, entered the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering of the SKSMI. Now she is studying for a master's degree in the same specialization.
