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is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of most humans in most societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often debated. Kinship can refer both to the patterns of social relationships themselves, or it can refer to the study of the patterns of social relationships in one or more human cultures
Kinship
are people who are biologically related to one another, such as brothers and sisters or parents and their children
Consaguineal kim
are people who are related to you by virtue of marriage bond, such as husband and wife or parents in law.
Affinal kin
three main types of affiliation
unilineal descent, ambilinial descent, and the bilateral descent.
t describes that a person is affiliated with a group of kin through descent links of one sex only (either males or females). It is either patrilineal or matrilineal.
Unilineal descent
-Affiliates an individual with kin of both sexes related to him or her through men only.
Patrilineal descent
Affiliates an individual with kin of both sexes related to him or her through women only.
Matrilineal descent
4 Groups
-lineage
-clan
Phatries
-moieties
It is a set of kin whose members trace descent from a common ancestor through known links. They are often designated by the name of the common male or female ancestor.
Lineages
It is a set of kin whose members believe themselves to be descended from a common ancestor but not that specified. Clans with patrilineal descent are called patriclans while matrilineal descent are called matriclans.
Clans
-It is a unilineal descent group composed of supposedly related clans.
Phratries
t is when a whole society is divided into two unilineal descent groups. The people in each believe themselves to be descended from a common ancestor.
Moieties
s a system containing both unilineal descent groups example both patrilineal and matrilineal groups in which one belongs to one’s fathers and/or mother’s descent group.
Ambilineal descent
means two sided which refers to the fact that one’s relatives on both mother’s and father’s sides are equal in importance.
Bilateral Kinship
means a socially approved sexual and economic union, usually between a man and a woman. It is a socially approved sexual union in that a married couple does not have to hide the sexual nature of their relationship. There are a lot of rules governing types of marriages:
Marriages
It is a form of marriage in which one man marries one woman .lt is the most common and acceptable form of marriage.
Monogamy
It is a form of marriage in which one is entitled to marry many partners.
Polygamy
It is a form of marriage in which one man marries more than one woman at a given
Polygyny
Types of polygyny
Sororal polygyny- wives sister
Non-sororal polygyny- wives not related
t is the marriage of one woman with more than one man. It is less common than polygyny.
Polyandry
Types of polyandry
Fraternal polyandry- alelphic brothers shares same wife
Non fraternal polyandry- opp
means the marriage of two or more women with two or more men. Here the husbands are common husbands and wives are common wives.
Group Marriage
Rules to be considerconsider in marriage
Endogamy-It is a rule of marriage in which the life-partners are to be selected within the group. It is marriage within the group and the group may be caste, class, tribe, race, village, religious group etc.
Exogamy-t is a rule of marriage in which an individual has to marry outside his own group. It prohibits marrying within the group. The so-called blood relatives shall neither have marital connections nor sexual contacts among themselves.
Types of Family on the Basis of Marriage
Polygamous or Polygynous Family -It is a family with plural spouse marriage.
Polyandrous Family-t is a family where one woman has a number of husbands.
Monogamous Family-It is a family with one husband and one wife.
