How is it natural to unite all members of Jones's family under one phrase? Are these versions synonyms?
The Jones’s family
The Jones
The Joneses
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The Jones’s family
The Jones
The Joneses
Your example is a little more difficult because of the final "s" sound in "Jones", so let's try with "Potter" instead.
It is possible to use "The Potters" in context to refer to the family with that name. It is only possible when there is a clear context. Most often when talking about a relation. So my Dad might say
We're going to visit the Potters next week.
And I'd understand that he was talking about his sister and her husband, whose married name is "Potter". It would be relatively unusual to talk about a less close family. I don't think I'd use this to speak of a work collegue's family that I wasn't particular close to. Instead if I was talking about Sri Patel's family I wouldn't say "the Patels" but:
We're going to visit Sri and her family next week
"Jones" is more difficult, because of the final "s" but "the Joneses" is possible. Generally I would look to an alternative, such as "Derek's family" (if speaking about Derek Jones)