Do "Nuclear Families" include adopted children?

Question

In sociology, does the term nuclear family also apply to two opposite s*x parents and adopted children? Or do the children have to be biological to be considered a nuclear family?

Answer 1

Mother , father , children .    adopted , doesn't matter.

Answer 2

What I understand to be the definition of a nuclear family is one, or a couple, of providers and a number of dependents.

So, yes.

Answer 3

It depends, if the adopted child was also a member of the extended version.

Answer 4

I would hope so. I am an adopted child from a married couple with one biological child plus myself.