Questions & Answers about geu jip adeureun ajik eoryeoseo honja jihacheoreul tal jul molla.
In Korean, 집 can mean both:
- a house/home
- the household/family that lives there
So 그 집 아들 is a very natural way to mean that family's son or the son from that house.
This is common in Korean. Instead of using a possessive like their son, Korean often identifies someone through the household or group they belong to.
은/는 is the topic marker, while 이/가 is the subject marker.
Here, 아들은 presents the son as the topic:
As for that family's son, ...
This can sound like the speaker is making a comment about him in particular. It may also carry a slight contrast, such as:
- The son, at least, is still too young...
- As for their son, he doesn't know how to...
If you used 아들이, the sentence would feel a bit more like simply identifying the subject, without that topical feel.