Bilocal residence, also called ambilocal residence, is a postmarital residence pattern in which a married couple may choose to live with or near either set of parents rather than being bound to one side, unlike fixed patrilocal or matrilocal residence.
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Bilocal residence, in which a couple may live with either the husband or wife kin, is the residence pattern characteristically paired with ambilineal descent, which likewise allows descent to be reckoned through either the father or mother line.
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Both are postmarital residence rules; bilocal residence leaves the choice of side open where patrilocal residence fixes it to the husband's family.
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