natal family
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnatalandfamily
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natal
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈneɪ.təl/us/ˈneɪ.t̬əl/
relating to where a person or animal ...
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family
noun
uk/ˈfæm.əl.i/us/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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(Definition ofnatalandfamilyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Perhaps even more common was the adoption by theirnatalfamilyof a marriage strategy formerly considered unusual and undesirable: uxorilocal marriage.
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The only thing we know is that hernatalfamilyrefused to take her back.
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However, in many of the above cases, the abduction is assisted by the woman's relatives, either the husband's family or her ownnatalfamily.
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A husband was expected to co-manage it with her, but as a widow or divorcée she could take it back to hernatalfamilyor into another marriage.
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A stem family is one in which a married child is inextricably linked to hisnatalfamilyin "a common household".
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Daughters require dowries at marriage and do not contribute to their natal family's welfare after marriage.
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This dependence is further accentuated by the fact that typically married women live far away from their natal families and cannot rely on natal kin as sources of support.
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Kiba linked women to a rural tradition in which their natal families were no longer significant participants.
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Divorce is not unilateral; rather, it can be initiated by women, who then return to their natal families.
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Traditionally, the dowry was considered a woman's share of the family wealth, since a daughter had no legal claim on her natal family's real estate.
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