Here you can find some questions you can ask your partner during conversation about my family:

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1. How big is your family?

2. Do you live with your parents?

3. Do you live with your grandparents?

4. Are you the oldest or the youngest among your brothers and sisters? (if you have any)

5. Are you married?

6. Do you have children? If so, how many? How old are they?

7. What is the best number of children to have?

8. Have you or has anyone from your family adopted a child?

9. What do you think about adopting a child?

10. Should people adopt children from other countries?

11. How did you get your name?

12. Were you named after any member of your family?

13. How do you get along with your parents?

14. How do you get along with your brothers or sister? (if you have any)

15. How do you get along with your grandparents?

16. How often do you visit your grandparents?

17. Does your father work?

18. Does your mother work?

19. Does your wife/husband work? (if you have any)

20. Who is the breadwinner in your family?

21. Who does the housework in your family?

22. Did/do you help your parents with the housework?

23. Should children help with the housework?

24. Were your parents strict ?

25. Are you strict to your children? (if you have any)

26. How should we discipline children?

27. How many aunts and uncles do you have?

28. Do you often meet your aunts and uncles? When?

29. How many cousins do you have?

30. Do you often meet your cousins? When?

31. How many in-laws do you have? (if you have any)

32. Do you get along well with your in-laws?

33. How important is family in your country?

34. Describe a typical family unit in your country. Has it changed over years?

to adopt sb (level: intermediate)
to take somebody home and treat them as a member of the family
Her doctor claims that she is unable to get pregnant, so her husband tries to persuade her to adopt a child.

to be named after sb (level: intermediate)
to get the same name as some other person
It’s a tradition in my family for all men to be named after their fathers.

member (level: intermediate)
a person, animal or thing that belongs to a particular group
Each member of our family is used to getting up early and working hard.

to get along with sb (level: upper intermediate)
(mainly US) to be friendly towards somebody (also: to get on with, mainly UK)
He got divorced, because his wife didn’t get along with his mother, whom he loves so much.

breadwinner (level: upper intermediate)
the member of a family who earns money that they need
It is still more usual for the father to be the breadwinner of the family.

housework (level: beginner)
all the activities done to keep the house clean and tidy
I hate doing housework and I have no time for that, so I employed a young woman to do it for me.

strict (level: intermediate)
limiting the freedom to do what you want
My parents used to be very strict when I was a child. They established many rules and I was punished for not listening to them.

aunt (level: beginner)
the sister of your mother or father; the wife of your uncle
I visit my aunt, my father’s sister, in Australia every summer.

uncle (level: beginner)
the brother of your mother or father; the husband of your aunt
My uncle is similar to my father in the way he talks to me.

cousin (level: beginner)
a child of your uncle/aunt
I have two cousins in Mexico, because my aunt moved there and met her Mexican husband when she was 20.

unit (level: intermediate)
a group of people living together
The typical family unit consists of parents, no more than two children and a pet.

in-laws (level: upper intermediate)
the parents of your wife or husband, as well as other members of their family
She broke up with her fiancé, because she felt that she wouldn’t bear his arrogant in-laws if she married him.

to be in the family way (level: advanced)
to be pregnant
Haven’t you heard? Mrs. Robinson is in the family way again. I’m not sure if they can afford to bring up another child on such low salaries.

to be the black sheep of the family (level: upper intermediate)
to be the worst member of the family
Although my brother used to be the black sheep of the family, he finally turned out to be the most successful of us.

to run in the family (level: upper intermediate)
(used of a quality or ability) to appear in all or at least many members of the family
My husband and my son are both excellent swimmers and my small daughter is really keen on swimming too. It just runs in the family.