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# Family API | FusionAuth Docs

Learn about the APIs for creating, retrieving, updating and deleting families.

# Family API

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Available since `1.7.0`

A Family allows you to define relationships between one or more Users. A adult User may belong to a single Family, a teen or child may belong to one or more families.

The following APIs are provided to manage Families and Family memberships.

| Operation | Method | Endpoint |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Add a User to a Family](https://fusionauth.io/docs/apis/families/add-a-user-to-a-family.md) | `POST` | `/api/user/family`  
`/api/user/family/{familyId}` |
| [Retrieve a Family](https://fusionauth.io/docs/apis/families/retrieve-a-family.md) | `GET` | `/api/user/family/{familyId}`  
`/api/user/family?userId={userId}` |
| [Update a Family](https://fusionauth.io/docs/apis/families/update-a-family.md) | `PUT` | `/api/user/family/{familyId}` |
| [Remove a User from a Family](https://fusionauth.io/docs/apis/families/remove-a-user-from-a-family.md) | `DELETE` | `/api/user/family/{familyId}/{userId}` |
| [Retrieve Pending Family Members](https://fusionauth.io/docs/apis/families/retrieve-pending-family-members.md) | `GET` | `/api/user/family/pending?parentEmail={parentEmail}` |
| [Request Parental Approval](https://fusionauth.io/docs/apis/families/request-parental-approval.md) | `POST` | `/api/user/family/request` |