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Bridewealth
A customary gift before, at or after marriage from the husband and his kin to the wife and her kin
Clan
Unilineal descent group based on stipulated descent
Descent group
A permanent social unit whose members claim common ancestry fundamentally to a tribal society
Dowry
A marital exchange in which the wife's group provides substantial gifts to the husbands family
Endogamy
Marriage between people of the same social group.
Extended family household
Expanded household including three or more generations
Family
A group of people, children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, cousins, spouses, sibling-in-law, parents -in-law
Family of orientation
Nuclear family in which one is born and grows up
Family of procreation
Nuclear family established when one marries and has children
Incest
Sexual relations with a close relative
Levirate
Custom by which a widow marries the brother of her deceased husband
Lineage
Unilineal descent group based on demonstrated descent
Exogamy
Mating or marriage outside one's kin group; a cultural universal