Family Interview

Our Family

The three woman I chose to interview are not only my family members, but the three most influential people in my life. The first person I interviewed was my mother, Missy, the role she played in her family was the oldest sibling. As the oldest she watched her father battle alcoholism, and their family move around from house to house. The second person I interviewed was my nanna she and my grandfather are the glue that holds this whole family together. Without them we wouldn’t be sharing the love and time together that we do now. The last person I interviewed was my aunt Kelli, she is my mother's younger sister. I choose to interview her because even though my mother and Kelli were raised by the same parents they grew up in almost

What one person struggled with in one generation, may find that the next generation excels in that greatly. At least four generations ago are family was not educated in the least, most relatives could only write their name. This was because the children were expected to go to school until 8th grade, and then work. Once my nanna was born, her mother pushed her to continue her education after high-school. She then later went on to become a teacher for many years. The aspects of family communication that my paper is focusing on here is, our family identity, the rituals and values we have, and how we maintain our family relationship so well. I’m not sure what people will learn from the paper, but maybe they’ll learn that through good times and bad, family can help you through it all. Even though we have had our troubles in the past, it doesn’t mean we can’t move on from them and learn to better ourselves as

I asked 6 questions. My first question asked, “do you feel our family has hidden rules? Something that goes without saying? I asked this question to figure out what held power in our family. As the book states in chapter 4 “rules develop great staying power” (Galvin.2016). Rules that we had in our family generations ago are still valued today. Some we have done away with due to changes in lifestyle, and people. My second question focuses on how our family works as a network, and pinpoints which of three networks describes our family best. The three networks I considered are, the chain network, the wheel network, and the all-channel network. The chain network is primarily horizontal or vertical, depending on the hierarchy. While the wheel network is a single person relaying information to everyone else. The all-channel network is when everyone can communicate with direct interaction and immediate feedback. While one network can be more commonly used the book states, “Most families employ a variety of networks. When special circumstances occur … members may establish formal patterns for keeping other informed” (Galvin.2016). This is important to know considering all families communicate differently. Question 3 asks “is our communication majorly intentional, assumed or random? This was a question that clearly focused on our family’s