family: man, man, boy, boy

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This emoji shows a family with two adult men and two boys—perfect for celebrating two-dad households, uncles raising nephews, or just texting “the boys” with extra literal energy. It pops up in Pride Month posts, Father’s Day shoutouts, and wholesome updates like “we survived soccer practice x2.” People also use it jokingly to label a chaotic group chat, a roommate setup of four dudes, or a carpool that feels like a sitcom pilot. It radiates team-parent vibes, found-family warmth, and that ‘we brought snacks and sunscreen’ energy.

On Apple/iOS, it looks like a flat, front-facing family portrait: two men slightly taller in the back, two smaller boys in front, all with the classic yellow skin tone, dot eyes, and small, neutral smiles. Expect bright, solid-color shirts (often blues/greens) and clean, sticker-like shading with no background or props—just a tidy, symmetrical lineup you can spot instantly. The styling is simple and consistent, almost like a yearbook photo for the family emoji universe.

Online, it slides between sincere and sarcastic: cue “dad squad assembled,” “PTA chat loading…,” or “level 10 carpool chaos.” It doubles as a playful badge for mentorship groups, youth coaches, or a weekend of double-birthday logistics. Post it when announcing family plans, bragging about team effort, or poking fun at the managerial skill required to keep two kids and two adults fed, bathed, and vaguely on schedule.

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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 8.3 update.
In iOS 8.3 this emoji was now available using a ZWJ sequence. Emoji sequences are combinations of emojis to represent a single emoji image. Each character is joined with the previous using "Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) characters and are required for the emoji to be interpreted correctly.

Emoji General Information

Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)	1761 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture	Image not available
Twitter.com Picture	Image not available
LG Emoji Picture	Image not available
Samsung Emoji Picture	Image not available
Phantom Open Emoji Picture	Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
Keywords
Previous Names:	Family of Two Men with Two Boys

Emoji Character Encoding Data

Emoji Code Version	iOS 8 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)	👨‍👨‍👦‍👦
UTF-8 Character Count	7
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)	👨‍👨‍👦‍👦
Decimal HTML Entity	👨 ‍ 👨 ‍ 👦 ‍ 👦
Hexadecimal HTML Entity	👨 ‍ 👨 ‍ 👦 ‍ 👦
Hex Code Point(s)	1f468, 200d, 1f468, 200d, 1f466, 200d, 1f466
Formal Unicode Notation	U+1F468, U+200D, U+1F468, U+200D, U+1F466, U+200D, U+1F466
Decimal Code Point(s)	128104, 8205, 128104, 8205, 128102, 8205, 128102
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA8, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA8, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA6, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA6
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	F0 9F 91 A8, E2 80 8D, F0 9F 91 A8, E2 80 8D, F0 9F 91 A6, E2 80 8D, F0 9F 91 A6
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	360 237 221 250, 342 200 215, 360 237 221 250, 342 200 215, 360 237 221 246, 342 200 215, 360 237 221 246
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xD83D 0xDC68, 0x200D, 0xD83D 0xDC68, 0x200D, 0xD83D 0xDC66, 0x200D, 0xD83D 0xDC66
UTF-16 Hex	d83ddc68, 200d, d83ddc68, 200d, d83ddc66, 200d, d83ddc66
UTF-16 Dec	55357 56424, 8205, 55357 56424, 8205, 55357 56422, 8205, 55357 56422
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0001F468 0x0000200D 0x0001F468 0x0000200D 0x0001F466 0x0000200D 0x0001F466
UTF-32 Hex	01F468, 200D, 01F468, 200D, 01F466, 200D, 01F466
UTF-32 Dec	128104, 8205, 128104, 8205, 128102, 8205, 128102
Python Src	u"\U0001F468\u200D\U0001F468\u200D\U0001F466\u200D\U0001F466"
PHP Src	"\xf0\x9f\x91\xa8\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\x91\xa8\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\x91\xa6\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\x91\xa6"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uD83D\uDC68\u200D\uD83D\uDC68\u200D\uD83D\uDC66\u200D\uD83D\uDC66"