Ambilocal residence (or ambilocality), also called bilocal residence (bilocality) is the societal postmarital residence in which couples, upon marriage, choose to live with or near either spouse's parents.^[1] This is contrasted with matrilocality and patrilocality, where the newlyweds are expected to live with either the wife's parents or the husband's parents respectively.

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Fox, Robin (1967). Kinship and Marriage: An anthropological perspective. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-27823-6.
Korotayev, Andrey. 2001. An Apologia of George Peter Murdock. Division of Labor by Gender and Postmarital Residence in Cross-Cultural Perspective: A Reconsideration. World Cultures 12(2): 179-203.

v t e Postmarital residence
Forms	Ambilocal/bilocal residence Avunculocal residence Matrilocal/uxorilocal residence Neolocal residence Patrilocal/virilocal residence
See also	Social anthropology Cultural anthropology Marriage "Walking marriage" Family Nuclear family Extended family Patriarchy Matrilineality Patrilineality Matrifocal family