An extended family is best described as which arrangement?

• A. One parent raising the children
• B. Grandparents raising grandchildren
• C. Two or more adults related living in the same home
• D. Two parents and children

Answer: (C)

An extended family is defined by multiple related adults living in the same home. This arrangement goes beyond just a couple with their children and can include grandparents, aunts, uncles, or other relatives sharing one household. The key idea is having more than the immediate parents and children under one roof, creating a broader support network and shared caregiving.

That broader, multi-adult, multi-generational living setup is why this option is the best fit. The other scenarios describe more specific family structures—two parents with children is a typical nuclear family, and one parent raising children is a single-parent family. Grandparents raising grandchildren can be part of an extended family, but the defining characteristic of extended family is two or more related adults living together, which this option captures in the most general sense.