When families have different marriage systems within the extended family there are two types of marriage through cousins. A Cross Cousin Parallel Cousin( Cross Cousin, Parallel Cousin ) system involves when the cousins are children who of the opposite sex. Whereas Cross Cousins Parallel Cousins( Cross Cousins, Parallel Cousins ) are those children of siblings who are the same sex.

There are many ways in which people are related to each other. Affinal Consanguineal( Affinal, Consanguineal ) Relatives are people who are related to a person through marriage, like a brother in law or sister in law. Affinal Consanguineal( Affinal, Consanguineal ) Relatives are relatives who are related through biological means, examples are through blood or birth.

There are many ways in which generations continue to reproduce and have children. There are two subcategories of descent and their higher branch is called Multilineal Unilineal( Multilineal, Unilineal ) Descent, because it deals with both parent's bloodline being important to the persons status. Bilateral Ambilineal( Bilateral, Ambilineal ) Descent is when the persons parents are both equally important in the persons life, examples are through wealth or social class. Bilateral Ambilineal( Bilateral, Ambilineal ) Descent is when the persons social attachments are related to either the mother or the fathers bloodline, parents are the ones who choose which bloodline their child is more attached to. The subcategory of descent being determined only through one bloodline is called Multilineal Unilineal( Multilineal, Unilineal ) Descent. Matrilineal Patrilineal( Matrilineal, Patrilineal ) Descent is associated with only the mother's bloodline. Where as Matrilineal Patrilineal( Matrilineal, Patrilineal ) Descent is related only to the father's bloodline.

There are different ways for married couples to choose a residence after their marriage. Ambilocal Avunculocal Matrilocal Patrilocal( Ambilocal, Avunculocal, Matrilocal, Patrilocal ) Residence is when the couple has a choice to live with or near to relatives of the wife OR husband. Ambilocal Avunculocal Matrilocal Patrilocal( Ambilocal, Avunculocal, Matrilocal, Patrilocal ) Residence is living near or with the uncle on your mothers side. Patrilocal Matrilocal( Patrilocal, Matrilocal ) Residence is when married couples live with or near to the husbands father. The opposite is when the married couple lives with or near to the relatives of the wife, this is called Patrilocal Matrilocal( Patrilocal, Matrilocal ) Residence.

An Arranged Marriage Decided Marriage( Arranged Marriage, Decided Marriage ) is a form of marriage that surpasses something purely based on emotional or romantic needs, but is an exchange of something sacred like goods or services. When negotiating an arranged marriage there are certain goods or services that are exchanged. Bride Wealth Bride Service( Bride Wealth, Bride Service ) is one of them which is compensation, whether it be livestock or in a contemporary world money from the family of the groom to the family of the bride. Bride Wealth Bride Service( Bride Wealth, Bride Service ) is also offered which is when the groom's family or themselves give up labour to the brides family instead of material goods. A Dowry Groom Wealth( Dowry, Groom Wealth ) is usually the opposite of Bride Wealth, which is when goods are given from the brides family to the groom's family as compensation, Usually Dowries Groom Wealths( Dowries, Groom Wealths ) are used to climb up the social ladder.

When choosing who to marry if you don't live in a society that believes in arranged marriage there are different methods of choosing who to marry. Endogamy Exogamy( Endogamy, Exogamy ) is the idea of marrying within a certain group, like marrying in a caste system. Where as Endogamy Exogamy( Endogamy, Exogamy ) is the opposite idea of marrying outside of a certain group, like trying to raise your social status. Divorce is the formal dissolution of marriage. When a person has more than one partner there are a couple different terms for this. Monogamy Polygamy( Monogamy, Polygamy ) is the marriage of one man and one women at a time. Monogamy Polygamy( Monogamy, Polygamy ) is the idea of one partner having more than one partner. Polyandry Polygyny( Polyandry, Polygyny ) is the idea of a woman having more than one husband. Polyandry Polygyny( Polyandry, Polygyny ) is the idea of a man having more than one wife. Preferential Cousin Marriage is a preferred way in certain societies that cousins are the way to marry, it includes both Cross-Cousins and Parallel Cousins.

Neolocal Residence Unilocal Residence Ambilocal Residence Independant Residence( Neolocal Residence, Unilocal Residence, Ambilocal Residence, Independant Residence ) is when the newly married couple decide to live in a new location without attachment to either parent/ side of family. Serial Monogamy Unilineal Monogamy Structural Monogamy Stratified Monogamy( Serial Monogamy, Unilineal Monogamy, Structural Monogamy, Stratified Monogamy ) is related to marriage, it is the idea of taking a number of different spouses one after another rather than at the same time, often practiced in the contemporary western world. When a partner dies there are many different ways of how to deal with the after math. A Sororate Levirate( Sororate, Levirate ) is a customer when the wife dies so that the widower marries the sister of the deceased wife. A Sororate Levirate( Sororate, Levirate ) is basically the opposite and has to do when the male dies in the marriage and the wife is expected to marry the brother of the dead husband.

Descent Generational Links( Descent, Generational Links ) is the reference to a particular persons kinship connections through multiple generations. There are often two ways to refer to different families or generations. A Nuclear Family Extended Family( Nuclear Family, Extended Family ) is one who is two generations and is typically two parents and children and their grandparents. Nuclear Family Extended Family( Nuclear Family, Extended Family ) is a family that consists of two or more families that are linked through blood ties. A Kinship System Organized Kin Marriage and Blood System( Kinship System, Organized Kin, Marriage and Blood System ) is an all encompassing system that involves both blood and marriage relationships that help establish different categories of kin. A Fictive Kinships False Kinship( Fictive Kinships, False Kinship ) is someone who isn't related through blood or marriage, an example is someone who is adopted. The Matriarchy Patriarchy( Matriarchy, Patriarchy ) is an ideal that a society is mainly ran and powered through females where they have the most control. The topic of Incest Taboo Incest Unacceptance( Incest Taboo, Incest Unacceptance ) is one that prohibits mating between relatives, it is something frowned upon and not seen as acceptable in most societies.