Question about validity of Sparknotes

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<p>i just took the sparknotes diagnostic testing and for this sentence:</p>

<p>The economic cost of purchasing a country home proved too
A B C<br>
great for the struggling family, which had only recently</p>

<p>seen its financial fortunes improve. No error </p>

<p>Isn't the which suppose to be who (cuz its a group of ppl?), and its suppose to be their.
I'm not really good at this, but I think I'm right....plez help out.</p>

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<p>No because the noun is "family", which is singular and not person so you can't use "their" or "who".</p>

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<p>so even groups of people is referred to as it?</p>

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<p>Yeah, don't think of it logically, think of it literally; is a family a person? No, so it doesn't get the pronoun who.</p>

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<p>Thanks to everyone who replied. I appreciate it.</p>