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Family associations can be organized on different levels, such as ''immediate families''--which include a husband and wife and their children; ''grandparent families''--which include the descendants of siblings; and ''ancestral families''--which include the descendants of an earlier common ancestral couple. Other family associations, like the [https://sites.google.com/view/brough-family-organization/home Brough Family Organization] and [https://sites.google.com/view/osmond-family-organization/home Osmond Family Organization], may include ancestral families along with individuals who share a common surname (see below). | Family associations can be organized on different levels, such as ''immediate families''--which include a husband and wife and their children; ''grandparent families''--which include the descendants of siblings; and ''ancestral families''--which include the descendants of an earlier common ancestral couple. Other family associations, like the [https://sites.google.com/view/brough-family-organization/home Brough Family Organization] and [https://sites.google.com/view/osmond-family-organization/home Osmond Family Organization], may include ancestral families along with individuals who share a common surname (see below). | ||
A list of well-known [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mormon_family_organizations Mormon Family Organizations] is posted in Wikipedia, and links and information about Latter-day Saint Ancestral Family Organizations is available from the [https://sites.google.com/view/ldsafa/home | A list of well-known [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mormon_family_organizations Mormon Family Organizations] is posted in Wikipedia, and links and information about Latter-day Saint Ancestral Family Organizations is available from the [https://sites.google.com/view/ldsafa/home Latter-day Saint Ancestral Families Association (LDSAFA)] . | ||
=== Importance of Ancestral Family Organizations (AFO's) === | === Importance of Ancestral Family Organizations (AFO's) === |
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