My son has two loving parents and an extended family, whether it's cousins or stepmothers or boyfriends. My son is surrounded by love.

from The Ninja and The Diplomat (coming in September 2015)--As an unintended but ineluctable consequence of the one child policy, he and his wife, like most of his generation and those succeeding, consisted of only children; hence his family included no aunts or uncles, no cousins, and no nieces or nephews. The Chinese family had lost an immeasurable dimension of richness.

What I find appalling is the intrusive nature towards my extended family.

You don't have to give birth to someone to have a family. We're all family - an extended family.

I have an extended family of close friends, guy and girls.

A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it.