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| a type of unilateral descent that follows either the father’s or the mother’s side exclusively |
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| the act of entering into marriage while still married to another person |
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| the tracing of kinship through both parents’ ancestral lines |
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| the act of a couple sharing a residence while they are not married |
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| a household that includes at least one parent and child as well as other relatives like grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins |
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| socially recognized groups of individuals who may be joined by blood, marriage, or adoption and who form an emotional connection and an economic unit of society |
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| a sociological model of family that sees the progression of events as fluid rather than as occurring in strict stages |
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| a set of predictable steps and patterns families experience over time |
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| the family into which one is born |
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| a family that is formed through marriage |
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| intimate partner violence (IPV) |
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| violence that occurs between individuals who maintain a romantic or sexual relationship |
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| a person’s traceable ancestry (by blood, marriage, and/or adoption) |
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| a legally recognized contract between two or more people in a sexual relationship who have an expectation of permanence about their relationship |
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| a type of unilateral descent that follows the mother’s side only |
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| a system in which it is customary for a husband to live with the his wife’s family |
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| the act of being married to only one person at a time |
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| two parents (traditionally a married husband and wife) and children living in the same household |
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| a type of unilateral descent that follows the father’s line only |
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| a system in which it is customary for the wife to live with (or near) the her husband’s family |
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| a form of marriage in which one woman is married to more than one man at one time |
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| the state of being committed or married to more than one person at a time |
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| a form of marriage in which one man is married to more than one woman at one time |
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| a group of medical symptoms such as brain swelling and retinal hemorrhage resulting from forcefully shaking or impacting an infant’s head |
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| the tracing of kinship through one parent only. |
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