Can my family of 4 have different apple ID's and share purchases?

I am running into trouble with apps that require a different apple ID to differentiate between each family member because we have all been associating each of our email addresses with only my apple ID.
Can each of us in our family have a different apple ID and still share our purchases?

Hello toddybearblue,
If you guys want to share the content that you have purchased on each of your Apple ID’s, then take a look at setting up Family Sharing. Take a look at the articles below for more information about Family Sharing and see if that is what you are looking to do.
Sharing purchased content with Family Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT201085
Family Sharing
https://www.apple.com/icloud/family-sharing/
Regards,
-Norm G.

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mannyace wrote:
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mannyace wrote:
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mannyace wrote:
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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5622
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You do not need to ask the same question twice. Stick with the first post that you started here.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21121337#21121337

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