ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how young people relate to the various facets of this dual inheritance. This chapter reports data from a research project on mixed-faith families in the United Kingdom, on which the authors worked between June 2006 and September 2009. Young people whose parents have different religious backgrounds have at least potentially access to two faith traditions. In a number of families, the mix of religion also involves a mix of cultures or ethnic backgrounds. There are a range of sources and contexts that may at least potentially contribute to the knowledge which young people who grow up with parents from different faith backgrounds have about their parents' respective religious traditions. Another factor was the level of contact the families had with the young people's grandparents and with other relatives and to what extent the latter's religious beliefs and practice were in accord with parental intentions and strategies.
