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Based on information collected through interviews with forty-eight couples composed of a Franco-Quebecois partner and an immigrant (non European) living in Quebec, the authors examine the transnational ties developed by couples with members of the family of the immigrant partner, as well as the motives they give for maintaining these ties. The article discusses the importance of the value attached to family and family ties, the transmission of the family values to the children, as well as the desire of parents to transmit the cultural resources associated with the immigrant parent’s country of origin, as these factors affect the continuity of relations with family members outside Canada.