Ucsp 3

• Nuclear families are composed of parents and children.
• Extended families are those that are composed of the nuclear family and other relatives such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
• Reconstituted families are composed of the spouses and their children from a previous marriage.
• Kinship is a social structure defined by relations among individuals linked by blood or marriage ties.
• Matrilineal kinship means that one's descent is based on the female lines.
• Patrilineal kinship means that one's descent is based on male lines.
• Bilineal kinship refers to a descent system based on both male and female lines.
• Marriage is a culture specific.
• Monogamous means that a spouse cannot have more than one spouse.
• Polygamous means that a person can have more than one spouse.