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Family: A social institution found in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another, including any children. ex.) The whole show of Modern Family is about a whole family and their sub families and how they live and how they function together in their society.

Endogamy: marriage between people of the same social category. ex. Phil and Claire are married and from the same social category because they are both from the middle class.

Kinship: A social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption. ex. Mitchel and Claire have kinship together because they both share the same dad, Jay, and have common ancestry.

Homogamy: Marriage between people with the same social characteristics. ex.) Mitchell and Cameron have the same social characteristics. They both want to best for Lily, they tend to want the same things such as making each other happy.

Marriage: A legal relationship, usually involving economic cooperation, sexual activity, and childbearing. ex.) Claire and Phil are in a marriage and they have three kids, Alex, Haley and Luke. Jay and Gloria are in a marriage but Manny is not Jay's birth son, he is Gloria's. Lastly, Mitchell and Cameron are in a marriage, and they adopted a baby girl name Lily.

Exogamy: Marriage between people of different social categories. ex.) Jay and Gloria are from different social categories, because she is Colombian and Jay is caucasian.