---
title: family
framework: clockkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: clockkit/clkcomplication/family
---

# family

The family to which the complication belongs.

## Declaration

```swift
var family: CLKComplicationFamily { get }
```

## Mentioned in

Creating a timeline entry

## Discussion

Discussion The family property determines how much space is available to a complication and which templates you can use to display your complication data. In your complication data source, you typically use the property’s value in a switch statement when determining the complication template your data source creates. In watchOS 7 and later, ClockKit represents complications using its family and identifier. Each pair represents a unique complication that the user can select. In watchOS 6 and earlier, ClockKit represents a complication by its family only. Each family can only have one complication. For more information, see Declaring complications for your app.

## See Also

### Accessing Data About the Complication

- [identifier](clockkit/clkcomplication/identifier.md)
- [userActivity](clockkit/clkcomplication/useractivity.md)
- [userInfo](clockkit/clkcomplication/userinfo.md)