familial

Anxious to preserve the familial line—and their power—emperors would arrange strategic marriages or, if childless, adopt an heir.

After all, this conversation isn’t totally unlike one you might have with a potential roommate, even if familial obligations make it a bit touchier.

“Father Mother Sister Brother”: Jim Jarmusch’s latest, which took top prize at this year’s Venice Film Festival, is a triptych of familial drama, with different casts in each part.

Updike was surrounded by both familial love and extramarital excitements, from which he wove his fiction.

The microcosm of the island settings positions Mr. Johnson to vividly explore the consequences of environmental scarcity on both imperial and familial levels.