[General] born of, born in and born into -- how to use them in different context?

[rodgers white]

I have seen the following three similar sentences so far:

1. He was born in a worker's family.
2. He was born of a peasant family.
3. He was born into a poor family.


Maybe, they are used in different context. Can anyone please give some examples to illustrate how to use the three different sentences properly?

 

[engee30]

I'd say that born of is the formal way of saying born to; as far as the phrase born in is concerned, it's an odd collocation to me, and it's meant to read born into.

 

[Matthew Wai]

He was born in 2000/born into a poor family/born of/to German parents.

http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/born_1?q=born

 

[rodgers white]

Id say that born of is the formal way of saying born to; as far as the phrase born in is concerned, it's an odd collocation to me, and it's meant to read born into.

I also think that 'born in' is unnatural and native speakers almost never use it this way, but I do find the sentence: Stanton was born in a Pentecostal family in a mostly Jewish suburb of Cleveland -- newsobserver.com. And I am quite confused about the difference between 'born into something' and 'born of/to somebody' and what kind of context they used in.
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[Matthew Wai]

'Something' and 'somebody' refer to a family and parents respectively, so what are you confused about?

I do find the sentence: Stanton was born in a Pentecostal family in a mostly Jewish suburb of Cleveland -- newsobserver.com.

Finding a sentence doesn't signify that you must follow it.

 

[rodgers white]

'Something' and 'somebody' refer to a family and parents respectively, so what are you confused about?


Finding a sentence doesn't signify that you must follow it.

Then what's the difference between the following two sentences:

1. He was born into a peasant family.
2. He was born of/to a peasant family.

 

[jutfrank]

If you want a simple rule, use into before family and to before saying the parents. (Don't use of before family.)