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  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Cosumnes_River_College/SOC_300_-_Introductory_Sociology_(Tyler_Elston)/10%3A_Relationships_and_Family/10.01%3A_Marriage_and_Family/10.1.02%3A_What_Is_Marriage_What_Is_a_Family
    Marriage and family are key structures in most societies. While the two institutions have historically been closely linked in U.S. culture, their connection is becoming more complex. The relationship ...Marriage and family are key structures in most societies. While the two institutions have historically been closely linked in U.S. culture, their connection is becoming more complex. The relationship between marriage and family is an interesting topic of study to sociologists.
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Sociology/Introduction_to_Sociology/Introductory_Sociology_3e_(OpenStax)/14%3A_Marriage_and_Family/14.02%3A_What_Is_Marriage_What_Is_a_Family
    Marriage and family are key structures in most societies. While the two institutions have historically been closely linked in U.S. culture, their connection is becoming more complex. The relationship ...Marriage and family are key structures in most societies. While the two institutions have historically been closely linked in U.S. culture, their connection is becoming more complex. The relationship between marriage and family is an interesting topic of study to sociologists.
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Sociology/Introduction_to_Sociology/Introductory_Sociology_1e_(OpenStax)/14%3A_Marriage_and_Family/14.02%3A_What_Is_Marriage_What_Is_a_Family
    Marriage and family are key structures in most societies. While the two institutions have historically been closely linked in U.S. culture, their connection is becoming more complex. The relationship ...Marriage and family are key structures in most societies. While the two institutions have historically been closely linked in U.S. culture, their connection is becoming more complex. The relationship between marriage and family is an interesting topic of study to sociologists.
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/HACC_Central_Pennsylvania's_Community_College/ANTH_205%3A_Cultures_of_the_World_-_Perspectives_on_Culture_(Scheib)/09%3A_Family_and_Marriage/9.02%3A_Kinship_and_Descent
    While there is quite a bit of variation in families cross-culturally, it is also true that many families can be categorized into broad types based on what anthropologists call a kinship system. The ki...While there is quite a bit of variation in families cross-culturally, it is also true that many families can be categorized into broad types based on what anthropologists call a kinship system. The kinship system refers to the pattern of culturally recognized relationships between family members.
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Workbench/SOC_101_Introduction_to_Sociology/07%3A_Families_and_Relationships/7.02%3A_What_Is_a_Family
    Families are the most basic social unit upon which society is built.
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Cultural_Anthropology/Cultural_Anthropology_(Evans)/08%3A_Kinship/8.02%3A_Descent_Rules
    Cognatic descent is also referred to as non-unilineal descent and there are two types of cognatic descent: bilateral and ambilineal. Anthropological data suggests that cognatic descent arose in cultur...Cognatic descent is also referred to as non-unilineal descent and there are two types of cognatic descent: bilateral and ambilineal. Anthropological data suggests that cognatic descent arose in cultures where warfare is uncommon and there is a political organization that can organize and fight on behalf of the members. In the illustration below, if EGO chooses the father’s side of the family, then everyone marked in blue would be considered kin.

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