Family of Origin
The origin of the family describes the family in which one is grown up, inter-family interactions and relations between one's parents', siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents. The current study examines the origin of a family and determines the systematic research based on the behavior and relation of members and provides evidence-based practices in order to address the relational gap found among the family members.
Systematic Analysis
Family Hierarchy
Family Subsystem
Attachment Styles in Family
Family Boundaries
Family Adaptability
Thematic Research
Early Marriage and Divorce
Evidence-Based Research and Intervention
Genogram
The family in which one is grown up with the collaboration of adult's economic contribution and influence from parents, siblings and grandparents collectively describes one's family of origin. The origin of one's family tends to effect the systems that are being followed in the family and describes the degree to which they can be adaptive in nature. However the family is considered to possess a central role in the behavior and attitude of an individual who inclines either to follow the values and systems being adapted by the family or strive to modify the ways through which one lives (Engels, 1942). The family of origin of an individual also resides around the influence from biological and divorced parents who are considered to play their role in the childhood of an individual and effects the life of the ones who are part of the family.
The family of origin that will be discussed in this study comprises of 12 members as illustrated in Genogram; attached in appendix, and are described as follows:
1) Sandy, who Mexican-American and is 55 years old, lost her mother and got married at the age of 16 and has 2 children, Jennifer and Candace, Sandy remarried Don and both have son named Don Selby III aged 24.
2) Don, who is an English-Irish-American and is 63 years old and is married to Sandy and contributed in the parenthood for Sandy's daughters and their son.
3) Jennifer, who is the first daughter of Sandy and is 38 years old, has three children, divorced, and is responsible for her the brought up of her children. She is close to every person in family including her biological father.
4) Candace, who is the second daughter of Sandy with aged 34 years, married a man and got separated and then remarried a woman with three children -- girls. She is close to her parents and siblings excluding the biological father, and close with her daughters except the middle one.
5) Don Selby III, is 24 years old boy and the youngest one in the family, unmarried and straight, closer to his mom than his father and closer to Candace than Jennifer, and is best friends with Jennifer's daughter Alena.
Systematic Analysis
Family Hierarchy
Don, being the head of the family, is responsible for the family decisions and is considered to be an important member of the family in order to gain consent related to family matters, but he accepts and appreciates the opinions from his wife and consider her a reason to challenge and motivate him in the aspects of life. Don also claimed that he wanted a wife who spoke her mind, was open-minded and was not silent (personal communication, February 19, 2015). Don further said that Sandy has challenged her too much throughout the life, but life would have been boring if she was not so challenging (personal communication, February 19, 2015). The contribution of Don in the parenthood of his all three children is significant and due to the Don's perspective towards the importance of education and independence has caused the children to be raised as independent and education persons.
Family Subsystem
The family consists of the subsystem which is considered to be made up from the small group of people who possess their own rules, characteristics and boundaries and the people who are the part of this subsystem can change with the period of time. The subsystem of the family consists of two or three members who are independent in nature but are interrelated with the overall family members (Rosenblatt & Gergen, 1994). Therefore, the family that is being studied in this paper contains 2 subsystems that consists of Jennifer with her three children and, Candace with her three children. Jennifer' eldest child is Alena who is 18 years old, Mica who is 8 years old and Aubriella who is 3 years old, Jennifer married Mica's father David Sanchez and got divorced, however Alena and Aubriella...
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