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Endogamy is the practice of marrying within a social group due to social norms which encourage or require such unions.

For instance when tribal or clan membership is determined by patrilineal lines, a woman who marries outside a tribe leaves that tribe. As a result, marriage between cousins or second cousins is frequent and encouraged.

"The Conservative Jewish approach actively promotes endogamy, the marriage of Jews with Jews, through youth and young adult programs, outreach to the non-Jewish partner, and concerted efforts to integrate the newly converted into the mainstream of synagogue life. The RA prohibits its members from any participation in an interreligious wedding ceremony. Conservative Judaism sees only the marriage of two Jews as kiddushin (a sacred event)." Summary of the semi-annual meeting of the U.S. Catholic-Jewish Consultation Committee held at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 3, 2004, found at http://www.jcrelations.net/en/?id=2414, on December 28, 2005.

The opposite of endogamy is exogamy.

See also

• exogamy
• incest

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