Marriage unions that create family alliances and concentrate land, wealth, and status, such as preferential cross-cousin marriage, are favored in many Micronesian societies. |
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Marriages are usually arranged, and cross-cousin marriages are preferred. |
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A Dravidian kinship system is defined by two properties consistent with a rule of bilateral cross-cousin marriage. |
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One possible explanation for using a separate term to mother's brother might be that under cross-cousin marriage, the ego becomes closer as affinal kin. |
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