| affinals | Relatives by marriage, whether of lineals (e.g., son’s wife) or collaterals (e.g., sister’s husband).
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| ambilineal | Principle of descent that does not automatically exclude the children of either sons or daughters.
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| bifurcate collateral kinship terminology | Kinship terminology employing separate terms for M, F, MB, MZ, FB, and FZ.
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| bifurcate merging kinship terminology | Kinship terminology in which M and MZ are called by the same term, F and FB are called by the same term, and MB and FZ are called by different terms.
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| bilateral kinship calculation | A system in which kinship ties are calculated equally through both sexes: mother and father, sister and brother, daughter and son, and so on.
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| clan | Unilneal descent group based on stipulated descent.
collateral relative A genealogical relative who is not in ego’s direct line, such as B, Z, FB, or MZ.
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| descent group | A permanent social unit whose members claim common ancestry; fundamental to tribal society.
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| ego | Latin for I. In kinship charts, the point from which one views an egocentric genealogy.
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| extended family | Expanded household including three or more generations.
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| family of orientation | Nuclear family in which one is born and grows up.
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| family of procreation | Nuclear family established when one marries and has children.
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| functional explanation | Explanation that establishes a correlation or interrelationship between social customs. When customs are functionally interrelated, if one changes, the others also change.
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| generational kinship terminology | Kinship terminology with only two terms for the parental generation, one designating M, MZ, and FZ and the other designating F, FB, and MB.
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| kinship calculation | The system by which people in a particular society reckon kin relationships.
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| lineage | Unilineal descent group based on demonstrated descent.
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| lineal kinship terminology | Parental generation kin terminology with four terms: one for M, one for F, one for FB and MB, and one for MZ and FZ.
lineal relative Any of ego’s ancestors or descendants (e.g., parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren); on the direct line of descent that leads to and from ego.
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| matrilineal descent | Unilineal descent rule in which people join the mother’s group automatically at birth and stay members throughout life.
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| matrilocality | Customary residence with the wife’s relatives after marriage, so that children grow up in their mother’s community.
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| neolocality | Postmarital residence pattern in which a couple establishes a new place of residence rather than living with or near either set of parents.
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| patrilineal descent | Unilineal descent rule in which people join the father’s group automatically at birth and stay members throughout life.
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| patrilocality | Customary residence with the husband’s relatives after marriage, so that children grow up in their father’s community.
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| unilineal descent | Matrilineal or patrilineal descent.
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