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marriage
culturally agreed upon union between 2+ people that comes with agreements and obligations
consanguinal kin
blood relatives
affinal kin
people related through marriage
incest taboo
prohibition of sex within a family group
endogamy
marriage within a group
exogamy
marriage outside a group
serial monogomy
married to a series of monogomous partners
polyandry
polygamy for women
group marriage
marriage in which a group of people are married to each other
fictive marriage
a marriage in which the spouse is not present, but the person is married to them anyway (Nuer cattle herders)
parallel cousin
child of a father's brother or mother's sister
cross cousin
child of a father's sister or a mother's brother
bridewealth
money paid to a bride's family by the groom's family
bride service
dedicated period of time where the bride works for the husband's family
dowry
payment of women's inheritance at the time of the marriage
family
2+ people related by blood, marriage or adoption
household
basic residential unit where economic production, consumption, inheritance and shelter happen
nuclear family
group consisting of 1/2 parents+ offspring
patrilocal
people live near father's residence
ambilocal
couples can choose either mother/father's place
neolocal
establish new residence away from m/f's place
unilineal
descent that establishes group membership based exclusively off of one line of descent
sex with dave
necessary within the next couple of days or I will actually lose my mind
fission
when a kinship group breaks in half
ego
the person from whom the degree of relationship is traced
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