Patrilocal Family Essay

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FAMILY AND IT’S ORIGIN Introduction: The word ‘family’ is derived from the Roman word ‘famulus’. It means a servant. A Latin word ‘familia’, which means ‘household’, also refers to family. The oldest institution among all the institutions is the family. It is the first and foremost institution. Family is the main backbone of our social structure. Per roman laws, the word famulus denotes a group of producers and slaves and other servants. It also includes the members connected with each other by marriage and descent. The concepts of family had undergone some major changes in the recent times. Different Sociologists defined Family in their own ways. The basic primary group of people and the natural matrix of personality is known as family. …show more content…

The patrilocal family is also patriarchal and patrilineal in nature. (2) Matrilocal family: The family in which after marriage husband comes to reside in the family of her wife is known as matrilocal family. It is just opposite of patrilocal family. This type of family is also Matriarchal and Matrilineal in nature. (3) Bilocal family: In this type of family after marriage the married couple change their residence alternatively. Sometimes wife joins in her husband’s house while at some other times husband resides in wife’s house. That is why this type of family is also known as family of changing residence. (4) Neolocal family: After marriage when newly married couple establish a new family independent of their parents and settled at a new place this type of family is known as neo-local family. (5) Avunculocal family: After marriage when the newly married couple reside in maternal uncle’s house the said type of family is known as Avuncu-local family. Avuncu means maternal uncle. ON BASIS OF

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