First Family

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The First Family of U.S. President Barack Obama

A First Family is an unofficial title for the family of the head of state or head of government of a country (usually a republic).

A First Family usually consists of:

  • The head of state or head of government
  • The First Lady or First Gentleman
  • Any children of the couple

Related Terms

The term Second Family is often used to refer to the deputy head of state or head of government, usually a vice-president. In some countries the family of the Prime Minister is termed as the Second Family, with their spouse being the Second Lady or Second Gentleman. The Second Family usually consists of

  • The deputy head of state or head of government
  • The Second Lady or Second Gentleman
  • Any children of the couple

In popular culture

Comics

  • In the comic book series Astro City, the First Family is the name of a family of super-powered adventurers.

Film

Literature

  • First Family (King and Maxwell) (2010) is a novel by David Baldacci.[1]
  • The First Family: Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder and The Birth of the American Mafia (2010) is a nonfiction book by Mike Dash.[2]
  • First Family is the title of the second novel in Patrick Tilley's The Amtrak Wars series.

Television

  • In the Doctor Who, episode "Partners in Crime", the First Family commissioned Miss Foster to create the Adipose.
  • The First Family is the title of an American sitcom that began airing in first-run syndication in the United States beginning in 2012.

In fossils

The First Family is also a collection of Australopithecus afarensis fossils discovered at site "333" at Hadar in Ethiopia, near the location of another famous A. afarensis, Lucy. A. afarensis is believed to be the first habitual bipedal hominid and a direct ancestor of Homo sapiens. This species lived between 3.9 million to 2.9 million years ago.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Baldacci, David (March 1, 2010). First Family (King and Maxwell). Grand Central Publishing; Reprint edition. ISBN 0446539740. 
  2. ↑ Dash, Mike (August 31, 2010). The First Family: Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder and the Birth of the American Mafia. Ballantine Books; Reprint edition. ISBN 0345523571. 
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