Indonesia is a multicultural country that must be managed through education mechanisms. However, implementing multicultural education in formal educational institutions in Indonesia is still experiencing problems. According to the phenomenon above, the concept of alternative instruments which preserve multicultural values through the family is needed. This study aims to identify multicultural values in the family, which can be developed as a family-based multicultural education model. This research uses qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. The research subjects were four families with ethnic diversity characteristics, with the common denominator who lived based in Java. Data were obtained through observation, in-depth interviews, and literature study, then analyzed using the Miles and Huberman interactive technique. There are three typologies of Javanese family multicultural education has been found. The first typology is the family that applies the pluralist model in family education. The second typology is family applies the consensual model, which is defined as a socially-oriented model of communication and interaction. The third typology is a family that applies a protective model. Java also becomes the common denominator of multiethnic families, which can maintain the dynamics of multicultural interactions in the family.