Postmarital Residence: Marriage, Kinship, and Household Patterns
Postmarital residence describes where a couple lives after marriage and how that choice connects with kinship, inheritance, caregiving, gender roles, and family structure.
Cousin Marriage: Kinship, Culture, Genetics, and Family Tradition
Cousin marriage is marriage between biological cousins and may involve cultural traditions, family alliances, inheritance, legal rules, and reproductive genetic considerations.
Walking Marriage: Mosuo Relationships, Kinship, and Family Structure
Walking marriage is a relationship system, especially associated with the Mosuo, in which partners remain in separate maternal households while maintaining an intimate relationship.
Consanguineous Marriage: Kinship, Genetics, and Family Tradition
Consanguineous marriage is marriage between biological relatives, often cousins, and may involve cultural, family, inheritance, reproductive, and genetic considerations.
Bride Wealth: Marriage Payments, Kinship, and Family Alliances
Bride wealth is a marriage-related transfer from the groom or his family to the bride’s family, often symbolizing kinship, family alliance, social recognition, or economic obligation.
Levirate Marriage: Widowhood, Kinship, and Family Continuity
Levirate marriage is a custom in which a widow marries her deceased husband’s brother or another male relative, often for family continuity, support, or inheritance reasons.
Sororate Marriage: Widowhood, Kinship, and Family Continuity
Sororate marriage is a custom in which a widower marries his deceased wife’s sister or another female relative, often to preserve family ties, childcare, or kinship obligations.
Ghost Marriage: Posthumous Marriage, Ritual, and Family Tradition
Ghost marriage is a cultural or ritual marriage involving one or more deceased people, often connected to family lineage, ancestor beliefs, inheritance, or social tradition.