Marital Assimilation

Marital assimilation refers to the process where individuals from different cultural or ethnic backgrounds marry and, through their relationship, gradually adopt each other's cultural practices, values, and norms. This blending often results in the creation of a new, shared cultural identity within the couple and their family. Over time, children from these unions may identify more with the dominant culture or the blended culture rather than with their parents' original cultures. Marital assimilation helps promote understanding and integration among diverse groups within a society.