Based on kinship with the mother or the female line
Patrilineal
Based on relationship to the father or descent through the male line
Bigamy
The offence of marrying someone while already married to another person
Incest
Sexual relations between people classed as being too closely related
Marriage
The legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship
Legal separation
An arrangement by which a couple remain married but live apart, following a court order
Divorce
The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body
Annulment
The acting of annulling something, a legal procedure within secular and religious legal systems for declaring a marriage null and void
Alimony
Financial support that a person is ordered by a court to pay to their spouse during separation or following divorce; maintenance
Sibling
Each of two or more children or offspring having one or both parents in common; a brother or sister
Inheritance
The reception of genetic qualities by transmission from parent to offspring, the acquisition of a possession, condition, or trait from past generations
