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Kinship:A sharing of characteristics or origin
Status:The relative social, professional, or the standing of someone or something
Extended family:A family that extends beyond the nuclear family
Nuclear family:Is made up of no more than two generations
Monogamy:The practice or state of being married to one person at a time
Polyandry:In which a woman has more than one husbands
Polygyny:In which a man has more than one wives
Patriarchal:Relating to or characteristic of a system of society
Matriarchal:Characteristics of a matriarchy
patrifocals:Of or relating to a pattern of marriage in which the couple settles in the husbands home or community
Matrifocal:Based on the mother as the head of the family or the household
Matrilineal:Of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line
Patrilineal:Of, relating to, or based on relationship to the father or descent through the male line
Bigamy:The act of marrying while already married to another person
Incest:Sexual relations between people classed as being too closely related to marry each other
Marriage:The formal relation of a man or woman
Legal separation:An arrangement by which a husband and wife remain married but living apart
Divorce:The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court
Annulment:The invalidation of a marriage
Across:1. | An arrangement by which a husband and wife remain married but living apart | 3. | The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court | 5. | Characteristics of a matriarchy | 6. | Sexual relations between people classed as being too closely related to marry each other | 7. | Relating to or characteristic of a system of society | 12. | Is made up of no more than two generations | 13. | The act of marrying while already married to another person | 14. | The invalidation of a marriage | 15. | Of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line |
| | Down:2. | Of, relating to, or based on relationship to the father or descent through the male line | 4. | A family that extends beyond the nuclear family | 5. | Based on the mother as the head of the family or the household | 7. | In which a woman has more than one husbands | 8. | A sharing of characteristics or origin | 9. | The relative social, professional, or the standing of someone or something | 10. | In which a man has more than one wives | 11. | Of or relating to a pattern of marriage in which the couple settles in the husbands home or community |
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Across:1. | An arrangement by which a husband and wife remain married but living apart | 3. | The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court | 5. | Characteristics of a matriarchy | 6. | Sexual relations between people classed as being too closely related to marry each other | 7. | Relating to or characteristic of a system of society | 12. | Is made up of no more than two generations | 13. | The act of marrying while already married to another person | 14. | The invalidation of a marriage | 15. | Of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line |
| | Down:2. | Of, relating to, or based on relationship to the father or descent through the male line | 4. | A family that extends beyond the nuclear family | 5. | Based on the mother as the head of the family or the household | 7. | In which a woman has more than one husbands | 8. | A sharing of characteristics or origin | 9. | The relative social, professional, or the standing of someone or something | 10. | In which a man has more than one wives | 11. | Of or relating to a pattern of marriage in which the couple settles in the husbands home or community |
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