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  2. Hindustani kinship terms - Wikipedia

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    The kinship terms of Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) differ from the English system in certain respects. [1] In the Hindustani system, kin terms are based on gender, [2] and the difference between some terms is the degree of respect. [3] Moreover, "In Hindi and Urdu kinship terms there is clear distinction between the blood relations and affinal ...

  3. Cousin marriage - Wikipedia

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    A cousin marriage is a marriage where the spouses are cousins (i.e. people with common grandparents or people who share other fairly recent ancestors). The practice was common in earlier times and continues to be common in some societies today, though in some jurisdictions such marriages are prohibited. [1]

  4. Polyandry in India - Wikipedia

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    Polyandry in India refers to the practice of polyandry, whereby a woman has two or more husbands at the same time, either historically on the Indian subcontinent or currently in the country of India. An early example can be found in the Hindu epic Mahabharata , in which Draupadi , daughter of the king of Panchala , is married to five brothers.

  5. Polyandry - Wikipedia

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    Polyandry (/ ˈ p ɒ l i ˌ æ n d r i, ˌ p ɒ l i ˈ æ n-/; from Ancient Greek πολύ (polú) 'many' and ἀνήρ (anḗr) 'man') is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time.

  6. Uncle - Wikipedia

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    A paternal aunt's husband is called Fufa (or Fuva) and a maternal aunt's husband is called Mausa (or Masa) in Hindi (or Gujarati). Likewise, in neighbouring Bangladesh (and Pakistan), mother's brother is also Mama (or Mamu) as well father's brother as Chacha. A paternal aunt's husband is Phupha and maternal aunt's husband is Khalu.

  7. Cousin - Wikipedia

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    A cousin is a relative that is the child of a parent's sibling; this is more specifically referred to as a first cousin.. More generally, in the kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a cousin is a type of relationship in which relatives are two or more generations away from their most recent common ancestor.

  8. Husband - Wikipedia

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    After of a valid wedding, the marrying parties acquire the status of married persons and, while the marriage persists, a man is called a husband. In heterosexual marriages the woman is called a wife; in same-sex marriages between males, each male is called a husband. Although 'husband' is a close term to 'groom', the latter is a male ...

  9. Avunculate marriage - Wikipedia

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    After they were married, Klara still called her husband "uncle". [16] [17] Adolf himself declared that his own half-niece Geli Raubal was the only woman he ever loved. [18] Zachariah Fugate and his aunt Mary Smith (1890s) Arturo Grullón, Dominican Republic painter and doctor, and his niece Filomena Grullón (1909).