extended family
noun
: a family that includes in one household near relatives (such as grandparents, aunts, or uncles) in addition to a nuclear family
Given space, there are ways in which even larger populations than the extended family can be accommodated under one roof.—
Paul Oliver
Paul Oliver
also
: an extensive group of people who are related by blood or marriage or who otherwise regard themselves as a large family
Four out of every five people who go through a first divorce remarry … . Thus it is that husbands and wives, their former partners, children and stepchildren, and a whole constellation of grandparents and other relatives are brought together in the new American extended family. —Michael Norman
Michael Norman During his five years at Owen High, he turned his teams into an extended family and tried to instill in his players the same sense of self-worth that Baldwin had imparted to him years before. —William Nack
William Nack 
Examples of extended family in a Sentence
their extended family includes a grandmother and widowed aunt
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Vance grew up in Middletown, Ohio, and visited Jackson, Kentucky, during the summers to spend time with his extended family.
—Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
If my dad had accepted my grandparents and extended family wanted to see us, their actual family, none of this would have happened.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
So what really struck me was how wonderful his extended family was in telling you exactly the story, and it couldn’t have been done without them.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
My heart is breaking for his family & his extended family who loved and adored him..
—EW.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
If my dad had accepted my grandparents and extended family wanted to see us, their actual family, none of this would have happened.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
So what really struck me was how wonderful his extended family was in telling you exactly the story, and it couldn’t have been done without them.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
My heart is breaking for his family & his extended family who loved and adored him..
—EW.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Extended family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extended%20family. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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