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Increase in non-traditional family arrangements and cdn families are undergoing dramatic transformations. Family vs. household: family: two or more people related by blood, marriage or adoption, household: people who occupy the same housing unit, they may or may not be a family. The not so-secret world of polygamy: winstone blackmore, leader of polygamist community founded in 1940, as of june 30, 2010, blackmore has married 26 wives and has a total of. 121 children: 47 of whom were born in a 6 yr. period alone (2000-2006, blackmore and other 2 leaders were arrested. Globe & mail, november 24, 2011: polygamy remains a crime in canada. Is is a criminal offense under section 293 of cc, which provides for 5 years imprisonment. In 2011, bc court upheld canada"s anti-polygamy law. Patterns/norms of mate selection: endogamy: people should marry within their own group, exogamy: people must marry outside their group.
