Anthropology

culturally agreed upon union between 2+ people that comes with agreements and obligations

blood relatives

people related through marriage

prohibition of sex within a family group

marriage within a group

marriage outside a group

married to a series of monogomous partners

polygamy for women

marriage in which a group of people are married to each other

a marriage in which the spouse is not present, but the person is married to them anyway (Nuer cattle herders)

child of a father's brother or mother's sister

child of a father's sister or a mother's brother

money paid to a bride's family by the groom's family

dedicated period of time where the bride works for the husband's family

payment of women's inheritance at the time of the marriage

2+ people related by blood, marriage or adoption

basic residential unit where economic production, consumption, inheritance and shelter happen

group consisting of 1/2 parents+ offspring

people live near father's residence

couples can choose either mother/father's place

establish new residence away from m/f's place

descent that establishes group membership based exclusively off of one line of descent

necessary within the next couple of days or I will actually lose my mind

when a kinship group breaks in half

the person from whom the degree of relationship is traced