Across
- 4. the offence of marrying someone while already married to another person.
- 7. The practice of marrying or state of being married to one person at a time
- 8. relating to or based on relationship to the father or descent through the male line
- 10. when you stop living with your spouse but follow certain living arrangements per a voluntary, written agreement.
- 12. Relating to or denoting a system of society or government controlled by men
- 14. A social or professional position, condition
- 16. A form of polygamy in which a woman has more than one husband
- 17. Focused or centered on the father
- 19. A family where the siblings live together without the parents
- 20. a brother or sister
- 22. financial support that a person is ordered by a court to give to their spouse during separation or following divorce; maintenance.
- 23. A family which extends beyond the nuclear family to include grandparents and other relatives
- 24. of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line.
- 26. men are peripheral to the family.
- 28. Blood relationship/relationships shared through ancestral ties
- 29. A family unit that consists of father,mother, and children
Down
- 1. relating to a pattern of marriage in which the couple settles in the husband's home or community.
- 2. A form of polygamy n which a man has more than one wife
- 3. A parent raising a child or dependent on their own without another person in their home helping out
- 5. a type of family where a couple chooses to move away from their families and create their own home
- 6. a legal procedure that voids a marriage and declares it null from its inception.
- 7. One where mothers head families and fathers play a less important role in the home and in bringing up the child
- 9. the assets that an individual bequeaths to their loved ones after they pass away.
- 11. located at or centered around the residence of the wife's family or people
- 13. A family consisting of a couple, the children they have had together, and their children from previous relationships.
- 15. the activity of mixing socially with others.
- 18. Relating to or denoting a form of social organization in which a woman is the head
- 21. sexual relations between people classed as being too closely related to marry each other.
- 25. the act by which a valid marriage is dissolved, usually freeing the parties to remarry
- 27. the legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship