Family & Kinship
• Group of people considered to be related, e.g., by blood or marriage
• Forms– Family of orientation– Family of procreation
Family and kinship are the topics of this lecture.
Family & Kinship
• Family of Procreation– Nuclear
• Conjugal nuclear• Non-conjugal nuclear
– Composite– Extended
Family and kinship are the topics of this lecture.
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• Kinship Diagram SymbolsMaleFemaleIntersexIndividual (regardless of sex)
Deceased (use appropriate symbol for sex)
Ego (use appropriate symbol for sex)
Married =Cohabiting ≈Divorced Separated ≠Adopted (use appropriate symbol for sex) Descended from Sibling
Family & KinshipFamily and kinship are the topics of this lecture.
Kin Abbreviations
Mo motherFa fatherBr brotherZ sisterH husbandW wifeDa daughterS sonCo cousinC child (either sex)
Family & Kinship
• Postmarital Residence– Virilocal (patrilocal)– Uxorilocal (matrilocal)– Bilocal (ambilocal)– Neolocal– Avunculocal – Natalocal
Family and kinship are the topics of this lecture.
Family & Kinship
• Kinship Systems– Formation of social groups– View of self in relation to
others– Regulate behavior– Shape rights & obligations
Family and kinship are the topics of this lecture.
Family & Kinship
• Descent rules– Corporate & Cognatic
– Cognatic• Bilateral• Ambilineal
– Corporate• Patrilineal• Matrilineal
Family and kinship are the topics of this lecture.
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Family & Kinship
• Descent Groups– Lineage
• Matrilineage• Patrilineage• Ambilineage
Family and kinship are the topics of this lecture.
Family & Kinship
• Descent Groups– Clan
• Related lineages with common ancestor; exact genealogy fuzzy
Family and kinship are the topics of this lecture.
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Family & Kinship
• Descent Groups– Phratry
• Groups of related clans Family and kinship are the topics of this lecture.
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