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  2. Concubinage - Wikipedia

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    When a merchant's daughter married a samurai, her family's money erased the samurai's debts, and the samurai's social status improved the standing of the merchant family. If a samurai's commoner concubine gave birth to a son, the son could inherit his father's social status. Concubines sometimes wielded significant influence.

  3. Marriage - Wikipedia

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    When a man is married to more than one wife at a time, the relationship is called polygyny, and there is no marriage bond between the wives; and when a woman is married to more than one husband at a time, it is called polyandry, and there is no marriage bond between the husbands.

  4. Mixed-orientation marriage - Wikipedia

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    In the film Imagine Me & You a straight woman falls in love with a lesbian at her wedding. In the film Mulligans a gay man spends the summer with his best friend's family and begins an affair with the father. In the film The Wedding Banquet a gay Taiwanese immigrant man marries a mainland Chinese woman to placate his parents and get her a green ...

  5. Types of marriages - Wikipedia

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    The type, functions, and characteristics of marriage vary from culture to culture, and can change over time. In general there are two types: civil marriage and religious marriage, and typically marriages employ a combination of both (religious marriages must often be licensed and recognized by the state, and conversely civil marriages, while not sanctioned under religious law, are nevertheless ...

  6. Secret Life of Mormon Wives’ Demi and Husband Bret Have 16 ...

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    The Secret Life of Mormon Wives is raising eyebrows for several reasons, including Demi and Bret Engemann’s 16-year age difference. “So if you don’t know, my husband and I are 16 years apart ...

  7. Avunculate marriage - Wikipedia

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    Currently, it is mostly practiced in rural and small to medium cities. The most common form is where the elder daughter is married away to her youngest maternal uncle. [23] The wedding is usually called Maman Kalyanam (Thai Maman Kalyanam in Tamil Nadu). It was culturally preferred for at least one daughter to be married to an uncle.

  8. 'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' star Jen Affleck says she's ...

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    To celebrate Father's Day in 2024, the mother of two posted a video montage for her husband on Instagram and penned the following caption: "We were so young when we first became parents, with lots ...

  9. Family - Wikipedia

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    [56] [57] When a man is married to more than one wife at a time, the relationship is called polygyny; and when a woman is married to more than one husband at a time, it is called polyandry. If a marriage includes multiple husbands and wives, it can be called polyamory, [58] group or conjoint marriage. [57]