A nursing instructor is raising her two granddaughters after her daughter and son-in-law were killed in a motor vehicle accident.How is this family form best described?

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Alternate patterns of relationships include multi-adult households,"skip-generation" families (grandparents caring for grandchildren),communal groups with children,"nonfamilies" (adults living alone),and cohabitating partners.The extended family includes relatives (aunts,uncles,grandparents,and cousins)in addition to the nuclear family.The single-parent family is formed when one parent leaves the nuclear family because of death,divorce,or desertion or when a single person decides to have or adopt a child.The blended family is formed when parents bring unrelated children from prior or foster parenting relationships into a new,joint living situation.

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