This paper tries to assess the various reasons of crisis which lead to the fragmentation of family. It also focuses on identity crisis, masculinity crisis, lack of belongingness, search for roots, association with past and witnesses distorted relationship between father and sons. It also analyses the incest and infanticide which causes accumulative destruction of family. It depicts how various reasons or causes such as: Incest, Infanticide, loss of identity, domestic violence, traumatic effects, Alcoholism and escaping from reality contribute to the crisis on an individual and family. According to Sam Shepard, the act of incest has destroyed the whole family and leads every character in the play towards crisis not only at individual level but also within family. This article portrays how the characters suffer throughout their life and how their life becomes absurd and meaningless because of past sins and escapism from reality. Apart from this, Sam Shepard concentrates on the pungent, gloomy, and horrifying legacy that one generation passes to another. Buried Child is full of exploration of family guilt and betrayal, conveyed by a complex web of symbols. It unravelled an unspeakable family secret involving incest and infanticide.