Family and Marriage systems Personal Development (1)

What is a Family?

A group of people constituting a single household, interacting and communicating with each other in their respective roles of husband and wife, father and mother, son and daughter, brother and sister.

Nuclear Family

A type of family usually made up of two adults and their socially recognized children.

Extended Family

A type of family whose members go beyond the nuclear family, including additional relatives such as grandparents and aunts.

Marriage

A formal union; a social and legal contract between two individuals that unites their lives legally, economically, and emotionally.

Monogamy

A form of marriage that allows an individual to take only one spouse at a time.

Polygamy

A marriage arrangement that includes more than two spouses.

Polygyny

A form of polygamy where a man has two or more wives at the same time.

Polyandry

A form of polygamy where a woman has two or more husbands at the same time.

Group Marriage

A form of marriage which refers to the marital arrangement between several males and several females.

Longest Marriage Record

Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher were married for 86 years and 290 days.

Shortest Hollywood Marriage

Rudolph Valentino and actress Jean Acker, which lasted only six hours.

Most Expensive Wedding

The wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.

Biggest Family in the World

Ziona Chana lives in India with his 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law, and 33 grandchildren.

Generations of Polyandry

Refers to families where a woman may have multiple husbands, exemplified by a young girl named Teribal with her youngest husband.