Children are automatically made members of the Father's group only
MATRILINEAL
Children are automatically made members of the Mother's group only
BILATERAL
Children are made members of both ancestor's groups
Affinity
The Kinship by marriage or the human relation through marriage
Marriage
A socially ritually recognized legal contract between two parties that establishes rights and obligations between them
Endogamy
The social rule which states that a partner must be selected from a person's own social group
Exogamy
The rule which proclaims that a partner must be chosen from a group different from one's own
Forms of Marriage
Monogamy
Group marriage
Polygamy
Monogamy
Happens when both marriage/married partners only have one spouse each
Polygamy
An individual has multiple spouses
Group Marriage
The marriage of several men with several women simultaneously
Ritual Kinship
Kinship relationship that extends to religious, economic, political and other kinds of social ties
Compadrinazgo
The God parenthood complex
Padrinazgo Spiritual parenthood which emphasizes a vertical relationship
Family
A group of people living together and functioning as a single household, usually consisting of parents and their children
Household
Either one person living alone, or a group of people living together who share living arrangements
Political Kinship
A family has political affiliation
Political Dynasties
The system of succession of political leadership from the same family or clan that maintains power for many generations
Geopolitics
Studies how society is organized in relation to geographic space, and focuses on the study of states, how they exercise their power, and their relations with other states and supranational organizations
Unlineal When a child is born, he or she is automatically assigned to either his or her mother or father
Patrilocal
(Husband's father's place of residence)
Matrilocal
(Wife's mother's place of residence)
Ambilocal
(May choose either patrilocal or matrilocal residency)
Neolocal
(Builds a household in a different location)
Avuncolocal
(Residence of groom's mother's brother)
Culture
(shared way of life)
History (common past experiences)
Religion
Shared by all or most common people
Language
Different dialect of one language becomes national language
National
Belief in common ethnic ancestry
Territory
A certain territory that belongs to the ethnic group it's land
Nuclear family
Composed of husband, wife, one or more children
Extended family
Family that live extended relatives
Lone parents
Mother/father together with their parents
Adopted or Fostered
Family with one or more children have been adopted or Fostered
Blended family
Form from other relationship
Same sex family
Family in which same gender
Transnational family
Separated family
Reconstitution family
Union of 2 adults through marriage or civil partnership with children
Vertical relationship
Are between parent/child and between grandparent child