Term
|
Definition
| A network of relatives within which individuals possess certain mutual rights and obligations. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Any kin-ordered social group with a membership in the direct live of descent from a real (historical) or fictional common ancestor. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Descent that establishes group membership exclusively through the male or female line; also known as unilateral descent. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Descent traced exclusively through the female line to establish group membership. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Descent traced exclusively through the male line to establish group membership; also known as agnatic or male descent. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A unilineal kinship group descended from a common ancestor or founder who lived four to six generations ago, and in which relationships among members can be exactly stated in genealogical terms. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An extended unilineal kinship group, often consisting of several lineages, whose members claim common descent from a remote ancestor, usually legendary or mythological. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The splitting of a descent group into two or more new descent groups. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The belief that people are related to particular animals, plants, or natural objects by virtue of descent from common ancestral spirits. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A unilineal descent group composed of at least two clans that supposedly share a common ancestry, whether or not they really do. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Each group that results from a division of a society into two halves on the basis of descent. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An individual's close blood relatives on the maternal and paternal sides of his or her family. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The central person from whom the degree of each relationship is traced |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Kinship reckoning in which the nuclear family is emphasized by specifically identifying the mother, father, brother, and sister, while lumping together all other relatives into broad categories such as uncle, aunt, and cousin; also known as a lineal system. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Kinship reckoning in which all relatives of the same sex and generation are referred to by the same term. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Kinship reckoning in which a father and a father's brother are referred to by a single term, as are a mother and a mother's sister, but a father's sister and a mother's brother are given separate terms. parallel cousins are classified with brothers and sisters, while cross cousins are classified separately but not equated with relatives of some other generation. |
|
|
