How's the family?

and How's your family?

an expression used on greeting to ask about the state of the person's immediate family. Bob: Hello, Fred. How are you? Fred: Fine, thanks. Bob: How's the family? Fred: Great! How's yours? Bob: Couldn't bebetter. "How's the family?" asked Bill, greeting his boss.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Martha	MAHR-thə (English)	English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, Greek, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Lat
Conrad	['kɔnræd]
Fiorella	fyo-REL-lah	Italian
Sung-Jin	sung-jeen	Korean
Ferdinand	FER-dee-nahnt (German, Dutch), FUR-di-nand (English), FER-dee-nahnd (Finnish)	German, French, Dutch, English, Czech, Slovene, Finnish, Ancient Germanic
Ties	-	Dutch