Conjugal family; Composed of one or
nuclear family 2 parents and their children;
Predominant family form
family you come from; aunts uncles,
family of orientation
parents, sisters, etc
end of orientation and beginning of
procreation; offspring and parents
family of procreation
and SPOUSE not a random baby
mama beezie
fictive kin – someone that is not
blood related but is always around
family of affinity and very close to family. Tanya and
her cousin not cousins; my relation
to Daniel as uncle
Consanguine families; Includes
parents and children but
extended family
grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc
included as well
polygyny marrying more than one female
Marriage between people of the
endogamy same social category (economic, age,
race, etc)
Marriage between people of
different social categories; Can help
exogamy form alliances (think of India setting think of exit
up marriages to raise family’s social
classes)
marrying and having sexy with ONE
monogamy
person
polygamy marrying TWO OR MORE people
nuclear family 2 parents and their children;
Predominant family form
family you come from; aunts uncles,
family of orientation
parents, sisters, etc
end of orientation and beginning of
procreation; offspring and parents
family of procreation
and SPOUSE not a random baby
mama beezie
fictive kin – someone that is not
blood related but is always around
family of affinity and very close to family. Tanya and
her cousin not cousins; my relation
to Daniel as uncle
Consanguine families; Includes
parents and children but
extended family
grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc
included as well
polygyny marrying more than one female
Marriage between people of the
endogamy same social category (economic, age,
race, etc)
Marriage between people of
different social categories; Can help
exogamy form alliances (think of India setting think of exit
up marriages to raise family’s social
classes)
marrying and having sexy with ONE
monogamy
person
polygamy marrying TWO OR MORE people
