kinship, marriage, and the household

means relationship based on blood or marriage

kinship based on blood line

people who are not related by blood or marriage

kinship based on marriage

a group in which membership depends on a common descent from a real or mythical ancestor

a group in which membership may rest either on patrilineal descent or on matrilineal descent

refers to all descentdants of an acestor who enjoy membership of any common descent group by vertue of any combination of male or female linkage

is an institution that admits men and women to family life

is the marriage of a man to several women

is a form of marriage in which one man marries one women