YorkshireSam

I am a little confused to some of the references given in some of the constellation guides on the internet. For example looking up details for Ursa Minor ... there is a paragraph : "Ursa Minor belongs to the Ursa Major family of constellations, along with Coma Berenices, Boötes, Camelopardalis, Canes Venatici, Corona Borealis, Draco, Leo Minor, Lynx, and Ursa Major." I am unsure of the meaning refered to. Are all these constellations related, move in the same pattern/direction... how are they all a family?