Extended family I believe that the extended family (grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles) are less important now than it was in the past. Families groups in the past are more important… Most of the families lived in the countryside, working the ground, planting crops, feeding cattle, in other words, they are linked to a subsistence economy. All the family members worked together in order to earn enough money to provide food and clothes for everybody. The more children a family has, the more they can support to the family economy by their work. The money was administrated to supply the needed of all the family´s members. All people take care of eachother, and families are the keystone of the economy. Furthermore, if a family need help (money or food) the extended family provided it. Nowadays the system has changed. The society has become more selfish. People only want to earn money for supply their own necessities. Currently, it is easier than before, to find a job far away from the home town. Families no longer live in the same place. For example, brothers of the same family can work today in different towns, or in different countries. So, what can I say from cousins, aunts and uncles? Sometimes they don’t see eachother in decades (even, in some cases, some people don’t know their cousins, uncles or aunts).