family: woman, woman, boy, boy

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This emoji shows a family with two women and two boys—often read as two moms with their sons, but also used for aunties with nephews, a blended household, or the classic "found family" squad. It pops up in bios, Pride posts, adoption or foster updates, school-event reminders, and any text where you’re channeling double‑mom energy. People also drop it ironically to describe a group chat where two organizers keep two chaos gremlins (aka the boys) in line, or in fandoms to label a cast dynamic: “the moms and their golden-retriever sons.” It’s wholesome, domestic, a little chaotic—like Saturday soccer carpool with snacks and a spreadsheet.

On Apple/iOS, the design is a neat, front-facing lineup: two larger adult heads in back, two smaller boy heads in front, all with simple neutral smiles and bright, flat-color shirts. The default skin tone is the classic emoji yellow, with clean vector hair and minimal shading, giving it that tidy Apple Family Portrait vibe. The composition feels symmetrical and postcard-cute, instantly recognizable in a feed or Story.

Beyond literal family talk, it’s meme-friendly: used for “mom squad assembled,” “PTA vibes,” or “the lesbians have entered the chat.” It can be sweet and earnest (announcing milestones), playful ("carpool captains reporting for duty"), or sarcastic (when two responsible friends adopt two lovable menaces for the night). You’ll also see it tagged as a rainbow family stand-in, championing visibility with a single glyph that says modern family, no notes.

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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)	1911 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 Women 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)	1f469, 200d, 1f469, 200d, 1f466, 200d, 1f466
Formal Unicode Notation	U+1F469, U+200D, U+1F469, U+200D, U+1F466, U+200D, U+1F466
Decimal Code Point(s)	128105, 8205, 128105, 8205, 128102, 8205, 128102
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA9, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA9, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA6, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA6
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	F0 9F 91 A9, E2 80 8D, F0 9F 91 A9, E2 80 8D, F0 9F 91 A6, E2 80 8D, F0 9F 91 A6
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	360 237 221 251, 342 200 215, 360 237 221 251, 342 200 215, 360 237 221 246, 342 200 215, 360 237 221 246
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xD83D 0xDC69, 0x200D, 0xD83D 0xDC69, 0x200D, 0xD83D 0xDC66, 0x200D, 0xD83D 0xDC66
UTF-16 Hex	d83ddc69, 200d, d83ddc69, 200d, d83ddc66, 200d, d83ddc66
UTF-16 Dec	55357 56425, 8205, 55357 56425, 8205, 55357 56422, 8205, 55357 56422
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0001F469 0x0000200D 0x0001F469 0x0000200D 0x0001F466 0x0000200D 0x0001F466
UTF-32 Hex	01F469, 200D, 01F469, 200D, 01F466, 200D, 01F466
UTF-32 Dec	128105, 8205, 128105, 8205, 128102, 8205, 128102
Python Src	u"\U0001F469\u200D\U0001F469\u200D\U0001F466\u200D\U0001F466"
PHP Src	"\xf0\x9f\x91\xa9\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\x91\xa9\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\x91\xa6\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\x91\xa6"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uD83D\uDC69\u200D\uD83D\uDC69\u200D\uD83D\uDC66\u200D\uD83D\uDC66"