| A | B |
|---|
| * Nuclear family | Parents and offspring |
| Consanguinial relatives | People related by blood |
| Family of procreation | Family in which YOU become a parent |
| * Affinal relatives (affines) | Individuals related to you by marriage |
| Kinship system | Combination of families of orientation and procreation and the roles each person should play |
| * Extended family | 2 or more nuclear families related by blood and living together. |
| Family of orientation | Family you grew up in that enculturates you |
| Goals of Kinship Systems | Organize people, direct people's behavior, provide security |
| Exogamy | Person must marry outside a designated group |
| Endogamy | Person should/must marry within some designated groups |
| Levirate | Brother in law marriage |
| Sororate | Sister in law marriage |
| * Monogamy | One woman married to one man |
| Polygyny | A man has two or more wives |
| Polyandry | A woman has two or more husbands |
| Bridewealth | Gifts from the grooms family to the bride's |
| Dowry | Wealth brought with the bride when she marries |
| Neolocal residence | Residence that gives economic independence and privacy for the newly married couple |
| Patrilocal residence | Newly marrieds live with groom's father |
| Matrilocal residence | Newly marrieds live with wife's mother |
| Sister exchange | 2 men from different villages marry each others sister |
| * Parallel cousins: | The children of your parent's sibling of the same sex |
| Cross cousins: | The children of your parent's sibling of the opposite sex |
| Social group | your blood relatives, affines and friends |
| Social system | forms alliances between people |
