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