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consanguineal kin
people who are biologically related to one another, such as brothers and sisters or parents and their children
affinal kin
people who are related by virtue of a marriage bond, such as husband and wife or parents-in-law
patrilineal descent system
descent is determined by the male line, and children belong to the kin group of their father.
matrilineal descent system
descent is determined by the female line, and children belong to the kin group of their mother
bilateral descent system
descent is reckoned more or less equally through both male and female lines
exogamy
require that people choose a mate outside their own social group or community
endogamy
require marriage within a particular group or community
monogamy
marriage between one man and one woman at a time
polygamy
people can have more than one spouse at a time
polygyny
a husband can have more than one wife
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