What is Exogamy?

What is Exogamy?:
Exogamy is the practice of tribal groups which limit marriage only to members outside of the tribal group and prohibit marriage inside the group (endogamy). Of course, the definition of what actually constitutes “one’s own group” varies widely, although there is some universal agreement that this group includes members of the immediate family — parents, children and spouses. Endogamy appears to have been the practice in the earliest biblical narratives; exogamy among just Jews was common later.