Ambilineal
ambilineal a type of unilateral descent that follows either the father’s or the mother’s side exclusively bigamy the act of entering into marriage while still married to another person bilateral descent the tracing of kinship through both parents’ ancestral lines cohabitation the act of a couple sharing a residence while they are not married extended family a household that includes at least one parent and child as well as other relatives like grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins family socially recognized groups of individuals who may be joined by blood, marriage, or adoption and
who form an emotional connection and an economic unit of society family life course a sociological model of family that sees the progression of events as fluid rather than as
occurring in strict stages family life cycle a set of predictable steps and patterns families experience over time family of orientation the family into which one is born family of procreation a family that is formed through marriage intimate partner violence (IPV) violence that occurs between individuals who maintain a romantic or sexual relationship kinship a person’s traceable ancestry (by blood, marriage, and/or adoption) marriage a legally recognized contract between two or more people in a sexual relationship who have an
expectation of permanence about their relationship matrilineal descent a type of unilateral descent that follows the mother’s side only matrilocal residence a system in which it is customary for a husband to live with the his wife’s family monogamy the act of being married to only one person at a time nuclear family two parents (traditionally a married husband and wife) and children living in the same household patrilineal
