forever family
n.— «There’s a special name for adoptive parents. They’re called the “forever families” by the children who enter their lives.» —“‘Forever families’” by Cheryl Clock The Standard (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada) May 8, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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“Forever Family” is also a term for a key concept among Latter Day Saints (Mormons): their beliefs that family members who are church members in good standing who have been sealed to each other on earth will be part of an eternal unit: http://www.foreverfamilies.net/xml/home.aspx
http://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon270.htm