Week 7: Kinship Flashcards
Kin group
group of related people who have common interests
domestic group
people who live in the same house
consanguine
people who are related by birth
affines
people who are related by marriage
family of orientation
family into which someone is born or adopted
family of procreation
family that a person forms through marriage
marriage
creates a system for procreation
social connection
endogamy
only marrying within your social group
exogamy
marrying outside your social group
monogamy
having one partner at a time
polygamy
having more than one partner at a time
polygyny
man marrying more than one wife
polyandry
woman marrying more than one man
levirate
Forced marriage of a widow to the brother of her deceased husband
sororate
Forced marriage of the sister of a deceased or infertile wife
bride wealth
wealth given to the bride from the groom’s family
dowry
wealth given to the groom from the bride’s family
bride service
labour provided to the bride’s family as a service of the groom
patrilocal
couples live with or near parents of husband
matrilocal
couples live with or near parents of wife
bilocal
residence optional between wife or husband’s kin
neolocal
couple lives away from both parents
avunculocal
couple lives with maternal uncle of husband
unilinear descent
tracing lineage through only the father or only the mothers family
patrilineal descent
primary kinship through father’s side
matrilineal descent
primary kinship through mother’s side
bilateral descent
equal importance on both sides
cognatic
no formal rule of mother or father
parallel cousins
children of your parents’ same sex siblings
cross cousins
children of your parents’ opposite sex siblings
