What is your family name? - Page 3

Shadowskream459 · #1 07-21-2008, 12:41 PM

we don't have "Families" but we have three different lineages, one of each color of the Fraternity: Purple, Green, and Gold. The only difference in lineage is your jersey color: you get the same color jersey as your big.

Senusret I · #2 07-21-2008, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Shadowskream459

we don't have "Families" but we have three different lineages, one of each color of the Fraternity: Purple, Green, and Gold. The only difference in lineage is your jersey color: you get the same color jersey as your big.

I think that's neat!

Shadowskream459 · #3 07-24-2008, 03:10 PM

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I think that's neat!

Thanks. Not knocking the family thing, but I don't really get it. It almost seems like a "sub Fraternity/Sorority" kind of thing to me, but being in an org without families, I guess I don't get it.

I just know a lot of orginizations I've talked to with families have families that tend to vote to make sure the Pres. is in their family or something like that. Seems like it would break the bond of the entire fraternity to me.

Anyone care to elaborate on this to me?

Senusret I · #4 07-24-2008, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Shadowskream459

Thanks. Not knocking the family thing, but I don't really get it. It almost seems like a "sub Fraternity/Sorority" kind of thing to me, but being in an org without families, I guess I don't get it.

I just know a lot of orginizations I've talked to with families have families that tend to vote to make sure the Pres. is in their family or something like that. Seems like it would break the bond of the entire fraternity to me.

Anyone care to elaborate on this to me?

In my APO chapter, "trees" (families) are ways to get to feel connected to people in the chapter you might not ordinarily hang around because they're in a different pledge class or graduating year than you.

They also helped the alumni secretary have a backup method of locating alumni. The directory can tell you who pledged with them, but the family tree can tell you who else they had a relationship with.

We never used families outside of fellowship purposes.

33girl · #5 07-24-2008, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Shadowskream459

Thanks. Not knocking the family thing, but I don't really get it. It almost seems like a "sub Fraternity/Sorority" kind of thing to me, but being in an org without families, I guess I don't get it.

I just know a lot of orginizations I've talked to with families have families that tend to vote to make sure the Pres. is in their family or something like that. Seems like it would break the bond of the entire fraternity to me.

Anyone care to elaborate on this to me?

Don't you have a big brother?

As for families that do stuff like that, they're stupid.

Shadowskream459 · #6 07-24-2008, 03:28 PM

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Don't you have a big brother?

As for families that do stuff like that, they're stupid.

No I have a big, but we don't have a family. He's just my big, and I have a grand big, etc, etc, but we don't call ourselves a family. And like I said earlier about our lineages, our only difference is our jersey color. The gold lineage (mine) is the biggest in our Zeta, but no one makes a deal out of it. I just don't understand why you would have a sub-group in your fraterntiy, but we're a relatively small campus, with small orgs. We're the largest on campus at approx 45 members, so we all hang out. No need for cliques I guess.

KD_Lady · #7 07-21-2008, 02:50 PM

My family is the Mafia family, too (we have a long history of Presidents!)

Families are really big in my chapter. Here are few more names:
- Pretty Pretty Princess Family (Disney Princess theme)
- Cult Family
- Pirate Family
- Hawaiian Family
- Hottest Family Ever
- Kaos Family

Just a few ideas. Everyone gets a hoodie with KD letters in their family fabric during big little, and we wear them for family night sisterhoods and post-initiation activities

jennlovesgphib · #8 07-24-2008, 08:43 AM

my family is the Ohana family. For any of you Disney watchers, we got that from the movie Lilo and Stitch because Ohana means family!

SWTXBelle · #9 07-24-2008, 10:20 AM

So, you are the Family Family?

It's like a cheese quesadilla!

twinkle555 · #10 07-28-2008, 09:55 PM

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my family is the Ohana family. For any of you Disney watchers, we got that from the movie Lilo and Stitch because Ohana means family!

I know a KD that was in the "O'hana family"...i thought it was ADORABLE!!

Im in the "Random Family"..why? Because were RaNdOm of course!!!

AOE2AlphaPhi · #11 07-28-2008, 10:43 PM

Mine is the Stonehenge family because my big plays with her food and makes mini Stonehenges when we go out to dinner. We have 13 girls in 7 generations who all try and get together every month or so. Families aren't necessarily a huge deal to my chapter as a whole. but mine gets along really well and has gotten really close.

atomicflowers · #12 07-28-2008, 11:16 PM

We don't really have family names except for one and they call themselves the gangster family

and then my family has unofficially called ourselves the sunflower/star family =)

33girl · #13 07-29-2008, 11:04 AM

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Mine is the Stonehenge family because my big plays with her food and makes mini Stonehenges when we go out to dinner.

That is hysterical and I'm trying to imagine what food she uses. Baby carrots?

DSTCHAOS · #14 07-28-2008, 11:30 PM

There are about 4 tinydancers.

It happens.

MontanaTheta · #15 07-31-2008, 10:22 PM

I'm a member of the mighty LION family, because we all have big, long, thick hair and tend to take on the leadership roles of our chapter. Other families in our house include: the Goddess Family, Barbie Family, Food Family, Monkey Family and Bunny Family. We have a lot of fun with it, buying stuffed animals and such for initiation night.