Family & Kinship
Family and kinship are the topics of
this lecture.
• Group of people
considered to be related,
e.g., by blood or marriage
• Forms
– Family of orientation
– Family of procreation
• Family of Procreation
Family & Kinship
Family and kinship are the topics of
this lecture.
– Nuclear
• Conjugal nuclear
• Non-conjugal nuclear
– Composite
– Extended
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• Kinship Diagram Symbols
Family & Kinship
Family and kinship are the topics of
this lecture.
Male
Female
Intersex
Individual
Deceased
Ego
(regardless of sex)
(use appropriate symbol for sex)
(use appropriate symbol for sex)
=
Cohabiting ≈
Married
Divorced
Separated
Adopted
Descended
Sibling
Kin Abbreviations
Mo
mother
Fa
father
Br
brother
Z
sister
≠
H
husband
W
wife
(use appropriate symbol for sex)
Da
daughter
S
son
from
Co
cousin
C
child (either sex)
• Postmarital Residence
Family & Kinship
Family and kinship are the topics of
this lecture.
– Virilocal (patrilocal)
– Uxorilocal (matrilocal)
– Bilocal (ambilocal)
– Neolocal
– Avunculocal
– Natalocal
• Kinship Systems
Family & Kinship
Family and kinship are the topics of
this lecture.
– Formation of social groups
– View of self in relation to
others
– Regulate behavior
– Shape rights & obligations
• Descent rules
Family & Kinship
– Corporate & Cognatic
Family and kinship are the topics of
this lecture.
– Cognatic
• Bilateral
• Ambilineal
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– Corporate
• Patrilineal
• Matrilineal
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http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/courses/122//FYDE/nuer.jpg
• Descent Groups
Family & Kinship
Family and kinship are the topics of
this lecture.
– Lineage
• Matrilineage
• Patrilineage
• Ambilineage
• Descent Groups
Family and kinship are the topics of
this lecture.
– Clan
• Related lineages with
common ancestor; exact
genealogy fuzzy
http://www.seminoletribe.com/culture/images/clanwheelbig.jpg
Family & Kinship
Seminole
• Descent Groups
Family & Kinship
Family and kinship are the topics of
this lecture.
– Phratry
• Groups of related clans