title: Toward an African American genogram.
abstract: This article addresses the inadequacy of the standard genogram for African American families because of its underlying assumption that "family" is strictly a biological entity. The author suggests that this assumption is not culturally valid for African American families who have a long history of defining "family" as a kinship based on biological and functional ties. Using this conceptualization, an African American genogram is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Family Institute of Westchester, Mt. Vernon NY, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Watts-Jones
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology; D010375:Pedigree; D014481:United States; D001741:Black or African American