The "Views" figure shows the number of views of the page in question. Figures are not summed.
When I first visited your top level forum, it showed the "Family" sub-forum page had 27 views. I clicked on "Family" and then returned to the top level and it showed 28 views of the "Family" page. I did not actually visit any of the topics within the "Family" sub-forum so those numbers did not change.
Remember that it is also possible to link direct to individual topics, so those using such links will increase the count for the topic without increasing the view count of the sub-forum in which it resides.
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