Conrad P. Kottak,
University of Michigan
| bridewealth | See progeny price.
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| cross cousins | Children of a brother and a sister.
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| dowry | A marital exchange in which the wife's group provides substantial gifts to the husband's family.
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| endogamy | Marriage between people of the same social group.
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| exogamy | Rule requiring people to marry outside their own group.
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| genitor | Biological father of a child.
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| incest | Forbidden sexual relations with a close relative.
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| levirate | Custom by which a widow marries the brother of her deceased husband.
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| mater | Socially recognized mother of a child.
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| parallel cousins | Children of two brothers or two sisters.
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| pater | Socially recognized father of a child; not necessarily the genitor.
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| plural marriage | See polygamy.
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| polyandry | Variety of plural marriage in which a woman has more than one husband.
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| progeny price | A gift from the husband and his kin to the wife and her kin before, at, or after marriage; legitimizes children born to the woman as members of the husband's descent group.
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| sororate | Custom by which a widower marries the sister of the deceased wife.
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education