Italian Clan

[darkerhorse]

Do Italian-Americans have a term for extended family, like the way "clan" is used by Scots?

[darkerhorse]

And, is "blood kin" redundant?

[MarcuccioV]

Do Italian-Americans have a term for extended family, like the way "clan" is used by Scots?

I've only personally heard the term "famiglia" used in this context -- research indicates some possible terms of "genere" & tribu" as alternatives, but I'm unfamiliar with either of them...

"kin" can sometimes refer to non-blood close relations, so I'd assume "blood kin" could be appropriate, but I've never seen it used other than colloquially...

[darkerhorse]

Back to the drawing board.

[MaddalenaNYC]

Famiglia is the term of which I am familiar. It doesn’t just consist of blood and relatives by marriage but also to godchildren.

A godchild who is not blood is accepted into the famiglia as a true member of the family.

I’ve never known any different.