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Kinship (969 bytes)
1: '''Kinship''' is a [[biological]] and/or [[family|familial]]...
3: The word ''kinship'' can refer more broadly to any [[emotion]]al rel...
5: ...In some [[culture]]s, the formal establishment of kinship involves various [[custom]]s and [[obligation]]s.
7: ...thropologists]] have studied different systems of kinship in a wide variety of cultures; see [[family]].
14: * [[kinship and descent]]

Hawaiian kinship (1912 bytes)
1: ...p|Crow]], [[Omaha kinship|Omaha]], and [[Sudanese kinship|Sudanese]]).
3: ...ian system is the most classificatory system of [[kinship]]. In it, differences are distinguished by gener...
6: ...ip-chart.png|center|700px|Graphic of the Hawaiian kinship system]]
9: ..., most people on the islands now use the [[Eskimo kinship|Eskimo system]]. Use of the Hawaiian system is n...
11: This form of kinship is most common in societies where economic produc...

Crow kinship (2430 bytes)
1: ...p|Crow]], [[Omaha kinship|Omaha]], and [[Sudanese kinship|Sudanese]]).
3: The system is somewhat similar to the [[Iroquois kinship|Iroquois system]], but further distinguishes betw...
5: ...he system is almost a mirror image of the [[Omaha kinship|Omaha system]].
7: ...ifurcate Merging''', however, only the [[Iroquois kinship|Iroquois system]] uses BM as a secondary name.
8: ...inship-chart.png|center|700px|Graphic of the Crow kinship system]]

Kinship group (499 bytes)
1: ...affliation such as god-parents and so on. Common kinship groups include [[clan]]s, [[sib]]s, the moiety, [...
3: Fictitive kinship is that based on placing unrelated people in the ...

Omaha kinship (2173 bytes)
1: ...p|Crow]], [[Omaha kinship|Omaha]], and [[Sudanese kinship|Sudanese]]).
3: ... sisters. Like most other kinship systems, Omaha kinship distinguishes between Parallel and Cross cousins....
5: The system is similar to [[Iroquois kinship]] and uses '''Bifurcate merging''', however, only...
6: ...nship-chart.png|center|700px|Graphic of the Omaha kinship system]]
13: *[[Kinship and descent]]

Sudanese kinship (1825 bytes)
1: ...p|Crow]], [[Omaha kinship|Omaha]], and [[Sudanese kinship|Sudanese]]).
3: ...ese kinship system is the most complicated of all kinship systems. It maintains a separate designation for...
5: ...urkish society]. It also has replaced [[Iroquois kinship]] as the system used by rural [[Chinese people]]s...
9: *[[Kinship and descent]]
14: ...[http://anthro.palomar.edu/kinship/ The nature of kinship]

Fictive kinship (887 bytes)
1: == Fictive Kinship ==
4: ...itution of “Rodi” where teenagers form '''fictive kinship''' bonds and become Rodi members to socialize, pe...
6: ...ister]]". This practice is also called '''fictive kinship'''.

Eskimo kinship (3080 bytes)
1: ...p|Crow]], [[Omaha kinship|Omaha]], and [[Sudanese kinship|Sudanese]]).
3: ...eal relatives, instead focusing on differences in kinship distance (the closer the relative is, the more di...
5: ...gardless of sex (Cousins). Unlike the [[Hawaiian kinship|Hawaiian system]], Ego's parents are clearly dist...
6: ...ship-chart.png|center|700px|Graphic of the Eskimo kinship system]]
9: ...mo system is comparatively rare among the world's kinship systems and is at present used in most advanced W...

Kinship and descent (3815 bytes)
1: ...ide possess a wide range of systems of tracking [[kinship]] and descent. Anthropologists break these down ...
5: ...scent|unilineal]] society (such as the [[Iroquois kinship|Iroquois]] system) is one in which the descent of...
7: ...lineal descent|bilineally]] (such as the [[Eskimo kinship|Eskimo system]]), descent from both father and mo...
9: ...bilineal descent|ambilineal]] (such as [[Hawaiian kinship|Hawaiian system]]) where offspring determine thei...
23: ...any systemic method for reckoning kin relations. Kinship terminologies are native taxonomies, not develope...

Iroquois kinship (2510 bytes)
1: ...p|Crow]], [[Omaha kinship|Omaha]], and [[Sudanese kinship|Sudanese]]).
6: ...ip-chart.png|center|700px|Graphic of the Iroquois kinship system]]
9: Ego (the subject from whose perspective the kinship is based) is encouraged to marry his [[Cross cous...
16: *[[Kinship and descent]]
24: ...[http://anthro.palomar.edu/kinship/ The Nature of Kinship]

Serbian kinship (5913 bytes)
1: ...he [[Serbian language]] is among the most rich in kinship terminology. The [[Serbs]] being a family oriente...
41: <caption>Legal kinship</caption>

Bilineal descent (295 bytes)
1: ...(or bilateral descent) is a [[kinship and descent|kinship system]] in which descent is traced through both ...

Apical ancestor (425 bytes)
1: In [[kinship and descent]], an '''apical ancestor''' is a comm...
3: [[Category:Kinship and descent]]

Lineage (567 bytes)
3: ...cept of [[cultural anthropology]] used to track [[kinship]] and [[descent]].

Tinku (589 bytes)
1: ...ship system people are divided to two halves or [[kinship and descent|moieties]], which have unequal status...

Ambilineality (789 bytes)
1: ...f choosing their own [[lineage]]. The [[Hawaiian kinship]] system is an example of ambilineality.
12: [[Category:Kinship and descent]]

Heritage (83 bytes)
3: *[[Kinship and descent]]

Patrilineality (1081 bytes)
3: ...ning generations are [[male]]. In a patrilineal [[Kinship and descent|descent system]], an individual is co...
17: [[Category:Kinship and descent]]

House law (185 bytes)
3: [[Category:Kinship and descent]]

Classificatory (169 bytes)
1: '''Classificatory''' [[kinship]] terms, such as aunt, designate categories of di...

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