Family Timeline

By J89778797
  • 1000 BCE

    Beginning of time

    Adam and Eve
  • 500 BCE

    Roman family structure

    A family would most closely resemble a patriarchal Roman family structure, where the "paterfamilias" (father) held absolute authority over the household, including his wife, children, and any slaves
  • 500

    Extended Family

    A typical family would likely be considered an "extended family" with a strong patriarchal structure, where the father (paterfamilias) held absolute authority over the household, including his wife, children, and any dependents, often living in a single dwelling and working together on the land
  • 750

    Medieval times incoming

    Family life in the year 750 would have been similar to other medieval families, with households that were fairly uniform across wealth levels
  • 1000

    Medieval Family

    Medieval families were complex and varied, with different household structures and family dynamics depending on time and place. They included many relatives, servants, and dependents, and were the center of family life for all classes of European society
  • 1500

    The Medieval Period

    The medieval period, also known as the Middle Ages, is generally considered to have ended with the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. Amongst the medieval period ending households become smaller, as far as extended family.

  • Renaissance Family

    Renaissance families were typically large, with a married couple and many children. Children were often forced into adulthood quickly, working and marrying early. Slavery was a common practice.

  • Ellen Swallow Richards

    One of the first women to sought out a job and given a chance by a man. It was very hard for her to get hired considered that women were never aloud to work. She worked hard and had to seek opportunities and take heed.

  • Renaissance Thriving

    In the early 1900s, American families were typically made up of a husband, wife, and their children. The family structure was centered around the home, where children helped with chores and parents disciplined them. Slavery is abolished so the families do their own work.

  • Family Life Currently

    Demographic trends in the 2000s showed the continuing separation of family and household due to factors such as childbearing among single parents, the dissolution of cohabiting unions, divorce, repartnering, and remarriage.