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I don't think so. The institution of family was nothing like that previous to the 18th and 19th century.
The more the church was strong, the less importance family and "family values" had. In fact, what most today perceive as "traditional family" is actually a recent phenomenon which was effectively dicsouraged by the church until the last centuries.
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I fear another misunderstanding. The family as I have described it is ancient. There are villages here were basically everyone is blood related and they know it too. Here people have a very high degree of knowledge as to who they are related to. In the modern secular socities I am familiar with, a lot of people are hard pressed to tell you who their cousins are.