Kinship Flashcards
descent group
group based on belief in shared ancestry
family of orientation
nuclear family in which one is born and grows up
family of procreation
nuclear family established when one marries and has children
neolocality
living situation in which couple establishes new residence
unilineal descent
matrilineal or patrilineal descent
lineage
unilineal descent group based on demonstrated descent
clan
unilineal descent group based on stipulated descent
ambilineal
flexible descent rule, neither patrilineal nor matrilineal
kinship calculation
how people in a particular society reckon kin relations
ego
position from which one views an egocentric genealogy
bilateral kinship calculation
kin ties calculated equally through men and women
functional explanation
one based on correlation or co-occurrence of social variables
lineal kinship terminology
four parental kin terms: m, F, FB=MB and MZ=FZ
lineal relative
ego’s direct ancestors and descendants
collateral relative
relative outside ego’s direct line e.g B, Z, FB, MZ
affinals
relatives by marriage
bifurcate merging kinship terminology
four parental kin terms: M=MZ, F=FB, MB and FZ each stands alone
generational kinship terminology
just two parental kin terms: M=MZ+FZ and F=FB=MB
bifurcate collateral kinship terminology
six separate parental kin terms: M, F, MB, MZ, FB and FZ
parallel cousins
children of two brothers or two sistems
cross cousins
children of a brother and a sister
exogamy
marriage outside a given group
endogamy
marriage of people from the same group
