Sign for FAMILY in ASL | ASL Dictionary

How do you sign “Family” in ASL?

FAMILY: FAMILY in American Sign Language (ASL) names the people who form one household or kinship group. Watch the video and animation below to see it signed.

ASL sign for family — animated demonstration

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When do you use the sign FAMILY?

FAMILY anchors one of the first conversations students want to have: who is in your family, how many brothers and sisters, who lives at home. It also opens the door to the whole kinship set, MOTHER, FATHER, BABY, and the rest.

It headlines Lesson 25 of the challenge, the family vocabulary lesson of Book 1.

📖 FAMILY is taught in Lesson 25 of ASL 101: Starting Out — Book 1 of the 216-Day Challenge →




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