1. People descended from a common ancestor; blood relations
   "his fam has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower";
   - family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, kith and kin
    
2. A term of address for friends, acquaintances, or members of one's community
   "Hey fam, what's up?";
   - homie [US, informal], cuz [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: fams

Type of: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock

Encyclopedia: Fam, the Silver Wing