Abstract
The stem family is a three-generational family structure identified by Le Play in 1871 in which one son remains at home with his parents in order to inherit the family property. Subsequently, he and his conjugal family reside with his surviving parent(s). Family organisation of this type has already been recognised as existing amongst certain farming families in Ireland. The stem family strategy which prevents the splitting of family property, is also employed by the minor gentry of Northern Ireland who are concerned to keep their remaining estates intact. The fact that the stem family structure is observed among Northern Irish gentry families whose culture is essentially English, indicates that Laslett is wrong in his claim (1969:200) that the stem family never , existed in England.
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