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