From the folks we're related to
     to the folks we can relate to

Nov. 2025

Families are getting smaller. Worldwide.
​Our children have fewer siblings, ​fewer cousins, aunts and uncles.

We all know, this is not new.
For decades, this trend has gathered momentum. 
​The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research conducted and published a comprehensive study in late 2023: ​

​In 1950, a 65-year-old woman had an average of 41 living relatives.
By 2095, a woman of the same age will have an average of only 25 living relatives.
Her kinship has been reduced by 35%.          ​                                                                                                                                                         LINK and LINK

From genetic to generic, from blood relations to soul mates. 
Where families reach their limits, famillages take over and thrive.

A large and reliable family network can give kids a great stronghold in life, full of diverse and trustworthy individuals.
Growing up with many relatives used to provide a child's first training ground for life as a member of society.
All generations lose a valuable element in life, when families shrink in size.
​A traditional support system is fading away.
However, there is a constructive solution: 
​Family partnerships.
International, national and regional famillages. Famillages are strong alliances of kindred spirits, 
​based on give-and-take, to serve all family members - their hopes and ambitions, their strengths and challenges.
Since March 2009, famillages have shown their worth as fertile ground for courageous ideas and deeply felt passions, for ardent curiosity and eagerness to learn and understand. They've given opportunities to those who knew exactly what they wanted to pursue, and helped the undecided find their calling in life.
They have opened millions of homes and minds.
Famillages are stepping stones for the eager, and safe spaces for
​the worried. They bring idealists and realists together and match activists with mentors.

Nick's Case Story

It is a story of "wherever I lay my stethoscope, that's my home"

This Story Book will give you lots of ideas on how to build and use a famillage.
Like the story of consultant surgeon Nick, who checks with his network when he's preparing to decide on a conference, an international congress or a special seminar: Is there another member of the Global Natives Club attending too? Or perhaps not attending but living nearby?
Are synergies possible? He's managed truly successful connections over the years by turning these trips into getting-to-know-each-other stays, frequently as a family holiday!

If Nick had brothers or sisters, cousins or other next of kin in the vicinity of an event, he would very likely contact them too. But he's an only child, and so were both his parents. When his three kids grow up, their network of five families will have already given them eleven famillage cousins. 

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