Friends are the new family

One in three people now live alone, but as romantic partnerships
decline, new forms of intimate relationships appear to be taking their
place

Angela Phillips
Friday December 12, 2003
The Guardian

Christmas is coming. Mummy, Daddy and the children will soon be
sitting around the tree with their presents while the turkey roasts -
and, of course, there will be snow. Only this year drought has hit the
Christmas tree crop; the chances of snow are remote; daddies and
mummies will be an either/or item for 1.5 million households; and one
in three of us live alone.

extended family
http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=extended+family&sa=N&tab=gn

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=extended+family&sa=N&tab=nw

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=extended+family&sa=N&tab=wd&cat=gwd%2FTop

http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=extended%20family&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100&hl=en

A Blueprint for the Future
http://tinyurl.com/9vga