An informant tells a fieldworker that the preferred marriage custom in his culture is for a man to marry his mother's brother's daughter.The fieldworker would label this as an example of what type of marriage?
A) lineage double descent
B) parallel cousin
C) cross-cousin
D) clan

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Cross-cousin marriage refers to a marriage between the children of a parent's opposite-sex siblings, such as a man marrying his mother's brother's daughter. This is distinct from parallel cousin marriage, which would involve marrying the child of a parent's same-sex sibling.

An Informant Tells a Fieldworker That the Preferred Marriage Custom