Online social networking sites are fast becoming a powerful tool for communication among people. In fact, social structures have extended their spatial boundaries due to such tools. Facebook is one of the leading online social networking sites. Currently it has more than 550 million members and is expected to grow even more. Facebook has enhanced the world's communication contributed to information flow and has provided new avenues to establish relationships and thus seek companionship. While, Facebook has some excellent tools for establishing such ideals, some enhancements in order to make this social utility tool more meaningful is suggested in this paper. This paper relies on the concepts of family (close and distant relatives) and kinship (consanguinal and affinal) in making such recommendations, and suggesting enhanced and more meaningful user experience and increased revenue generation to Facebook. Feature
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Facebook, Family, Kinship, Social Networking
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