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1
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descent group

A

group based on belief in shared ancestry

2
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family of orientation

A

nuclear family in which one is born and grows up

3
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family of procreation

A

nuclear family established when one marries and has children

4
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neolocality

A

living situation in which couple establishes new residence

5
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unilineal descent

A

matrilineal or patrilineal descent

6
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lineage

A

unilineal descent group based on demonstrated descent

7
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clan

A

unilineal descent group based on stipulated descent

8
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ambilineal

A

flexible descent rule, neither patrilineal nor matrilineal

9
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kinship calculation

A

how people in a particular society reckon kin relations

10
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ego

A

position from which one views an egocentric genealogy

11
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bilateral kinship calculation

A

kin ties calculated equally through men and women

12
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functional explanation

A

one based on correlation or co-occurrence of social variables

13
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lineal kinship terminology

A

four parental kin terms: m, F, FB=MB and MZ=FZ

14
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lineal relative

A

ego’s direct ancestors and descendants

15
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collateral relative

A

relative outside ego’s direct line e.g B, Z, FB, MZ

16
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affinals

A

relatives by marriage

17
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bifurcate merging kinship terminology

A

four parental kin terms: M=MZ, F=FB, MB and FZ each stands alone

18
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generational kinship terminology

A

just two parental kin terms: M=MZ+FZ and F=FB=MB

19
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bifurcate collateral kinship terminology

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six separate parental kin terms: M, F, MB, MZ, FB and FZ

20
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parallel cousins

A

children of two brothers or two sistems

21
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cross cousins

A

children of a brother and a sister

22
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exogamy

A

marriage outside a given group

23
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endogamy

A

marriage of people from the same group