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• Family - It is the basic unit of society.
• Family - It is a group of people related by consanguinity that maintains a close relationship with each other. (Kingsley Davis)
• Types of Families: (2)

  Family of Orientation, Family of Procreation
• Practices in Tracing Family Lineage:

  Unilineal System

  Bilateral Sysyem

  Patrilineal

  Matrineal
• Unilineal System - exclusive identification to only one of the parent's lineage.
• Bilateral System - people consider both the mother's and father's sides as their relatives.
• Patrilineal - the fact of someone belonging to a particular family depends only on male relatives.
• Matrineal - the fact of someone belonging to a particulat family, depends only on female relatives.
• Societies' Rules for Marriage:

  Endogamy, Exogamy, Monogamy, Polygamy
• Endogamy - Refers to the selection of a marriage partner withing one's social group.
• Exogamy - refers to the selection of a marriage partner from a different social group.
• Monogamy - practice of having only one partner for a life time.
• Polygamy - Practice of marring more than one partner.
• Polygyny - man has multiple wives.
• Polyandry - woman has multiple husbands.
• Postmarital residence rules:

  patrilocal, matrilocal, ambilocal, neolocal
• patrilocal - the couples place of residence is near the grooms ancestral home.
• matrilocal - the couple's house is near the bride's ancestral home.
• ambilocal - a practice where the couple has the freedom to choose where to live.
• Neolocal - the couples place of residence does not consider the distance to their relatives of both parties.
• Fictive Kinship - kinship ties are formed through the following rituals, baptism, weddings, religious confirmation.
• Household - refers to a group of people sharing a common house.
• Nuclear Family - the parents and the children occupy a single house.
• Extended family - includes other relatives in the house, aunts, uncles, etc..
• Cohabilitation - is the practice of sharing a household by unmarried couples.
• Type of Families:

  Transitional, single-parent, reconstituted
• Legal Separation - allows the couple to stay in different households, but their marriage status is still considered valid.
• Annulment - nullifies or voids the marriage.
• Divorce - the absolute termination of marriage, which means that the marriage was valid, but the couple decided to formally separate.
• Politics among family members: Patriarchal, matriarchal, egalitarian.
• Political DYnasty - refers to families that hold political power for generations.
• 2 types of political dynasty: Vertical political dynasty, Horizontal Political Dynasty
• Vertical Political dynasties - Family members hold different positions on the government.
• horizontal political dynasties - members of the same family hold the same position over time.
• alliances - made between families to protect their wealth and power.