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| A customary gift presented before, at, or after the marriage from the husband and his kin to the wife and their kin |
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| A descent group in which members say they descend from the apical ancestor, without tracing the actual links (STIPULATED DESCENT) |
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| A permanent social unit whose members claim common ancestry |
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| A marital exchange in which the wife's group provides substantial gifts to the husband's family |
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| Rules that dictate mating or marriage within a group to which one belongs |
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| The practice of seeking a mate outside one's own group |
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| Extended Family Household |
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| When an expanded family household includes three or more generations |
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| A group of people who are considered to be related |
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| The family in which one is born and grows up |
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| The family formed when one marries and has children |
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| Sexual relations with a relative |
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| When a husband dies and another male from his group (usually a brother) marries the widow |
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| A descent group in which members recite the names of their forebears from the apical ancestor through the present (DEMONSTRATED DESCENT) |
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| When people automatically have a lifetime membership in their mother's group |
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| The rule that when a couple marries, it moves to the wife's community, and their children grow up in their mother's village |
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| When married couples are expected to establish a new place of residence |
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| When people automatically have a lifetime membership in their father's group |
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| The rule that when a couple marries, it moves to the husband's community, so that their children will grow up in their father's village |
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| Marriages which involve more than 2 partners |
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| A marriage in which a woman has more than one husband |
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| Another word for marriages which involve more than 2 partners |
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| A marriage in which a man has more than one wife |
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| Another term for a customary gift presented before, at, or after the marriage from the husband and his kin to the wife and their kin |
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| When a wife dies and another female from her group (usually a sister) marries the widowed husband |
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| When a descent rule uses one line only, either the male or female line |
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