1. Here comes the bride…..and a family!
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2. What is a family?
Difficult to define due to its complex and varied structure globally
No one element of family is consistent across the globe
Polygyny: more than one wife
Polyandry: more than one husband
Various cultures have different practices
Example: Banaro of New Guinea. A woman must give birth to a child before she can marry and she can not marry the father of her first born

3. What is a family?
Official definition: two or more people who consider themselves related by blood, marriage, or adoption
Household: people who occupy the same housing unit

4. What is a family? Nuclear family: husband, wife, and children
Extended family: grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins
Family of orientation: family in which an individual grows up in
Family of procreation: the family formed when a couple have their first child

5. Marriage
Marriage: a group’s approved mating arrangements—usually marked by a ritual of some sort to indicate the couple’s new status
Marriage ceremonies differ greatly from culture to culture
Many practices in marriage ceremonies today are symbolic and have roots in history

6. Common Cultural Themes
Norms of mate selection: Who marries whom?
Endogamy: marriage within one’s own group
Exogamy: marriage outside one’s own group
Informal norms influence this in the US
Patterns of decent:
Bilateral: related to both parents
Patrilineal: related to only father’s side
Matrilineal: related to only mother’s side

7. Common Cultural Themes
Rights of inheritance usually follow the patterns of decent
Patterns of authority:
Patriarchy: men dominate the women
Matriarchy: women dominate the men
Egalitarian: equal power between male and female