Kinship Flashcards
The bond of blood or marriage which
binds people together in group
KINSHIP
includes socially recognized
relationships based on supposed as
well as actual genealogical ties.
KINSHIP SYSTEM
Relationships based upon
marriage or cohabitation
between collaterals
(people treated as the
same generation)
AFFINAL
Connections between
people that are traced by
blood.
CONSANGUINEOUS
refers to the social
relationships that are established through
shared biological descent.
KINSHIP BY BLOOD
This traces descent only through a single line
of ancestors, male or female. Both males and
females are members of a ________ family, but
descent links are only recognized through
relatives of one gender.
UNILINEAL DESCENT
Both males and
females belong to
their father’s kin
group but not their
mother’s.
PATRILINEAL
DESCENT
The form of
unilineal descent
that follows a
female line.
MATRILINEAL
DESCENT
When both patrilineal and
matrilineal descent principles
are combined both
BILINEAL DESCENT
is an institution
that admits men and
women to family life.
MARRIAGE
is the practice of
having only one spouse at one
time.
MONOGAMY
Two persons that live
together, have sex with one another, and
cooperate in acquiring basic resources such
as food, clothes, and money
SOCIAL MONOGAMY
Two persons that remain
sexually exclusive with one another and
have no outside sex partners.
SEXUAL MONOGAMY
Two partners that only
have offspring with one another.
GENETIC MONOGAMY
Marriages of only two
people
MARITAL MONOGAMY
A series of relationships.
One person has only one partner at a time,
and then moves on to another partner after
severing the relationship with the first.
SERIAL MONOGAMY
Practice of “Multiple
Marriages”. It is a marriage
pattern in which an individual
is married to more than one
person at a time.
POLYGAMY
is the
practice of one man
having more than
one wife or sexual
partner at a time.
POLYGYNY
involves one
woman having
multiple husbands,
within __________
there are many
variations on the
marriage style.
POLYANDRY
A family consisting of a married man
& woman and their biological children.
• The main issue for children is to help
them under-stand that their twoparent, heterosexual family is a fine
family, and is one kind among many
other kinds of families.
NUCLEAR FAMILY
A family where Grandparents or
Aunts and Uncles play major roles
in the children’s upbringing. This
may or may not include those
relatives living with the children.
These family members may be in
addition to the child’s parents or
instead of the child’s parents
EXTENDED FAMILY
also known
as a blended family or stepfamily,
is formed when one or both parents
remarry or enter into a new
partnership after a previous
separation or divorce. This can
result in the blending of children
from previous relationships into a
new family structure
RECONSTITUTED FAMILY
refer to
situations where parents live apart,
either due to separation, divorce, or
other reasons. In these cases,
children may divide their time
between both parents’ households
or primarily reside with one parent
while visiting the other.
SEPARATED FAMILY
These families live in more than
one country. They may spend
part of each year in their country
of origin returning to the U.S. on
a regular basis. The child may
spend time being cared for by
different family members in each
country
TRANSNATIONAL FAMILY
likely refers to political systems where
power is concentrated within a particular
family or group of closely related
individuals. This is often associated with
monarchies or authoritarian regimes.
POLITICS OF KINSHIP
refer to agreements or partnerships
between different political groups, parties,
or individuals to achieve common political
goals. These alliances can be temporary or
long-term and are a common feature of
democratic and multiparty systems.
POLITICAL ALLIANCES
refers to the practice of multiple members of a family holding political positions or offices, often one after the other
Political dynasty
