system of determining who one's relatives are and what one's relationship is to them

people related through marriage

unrelated individuals who are regarded and treated as relatives

social rules that stipulate the nature of relationships from one generation to another

principle of descent in which people think of themselves related to both their mother's kin and their father's kin at the same time

principle of descent in which people define themselves in relation to only one side, either their mother's side or their father's side

descent system in which kinship group membership and inheritance pass through the female line

descent system in which kinship group membership and inheritance pass through the male line

social system in which men occupy positions of social, economic, and political power from which women are excluded

rules for the passage of land, wealth, and other property from one generation to the next

kinship principle in which descent and inheritance follow gender-linked lines so that men consider themselves descended from their fathers and women consider themselves descended from their mother

principle of descent in which individuals may choose to affiliate with either their mother's or their father's kinship group

a set of relatives tracing descent from a known common ancestor

marriage principle in which people cannot marry members of their own lineage or clan but instead must forge alliances with members of their culture groups

marriage principle in which people marry members of their own group

a child of one's mother's sister or of one's father's brother

a child of one's mother's brother or of one's father's sister

named groups of people who believe that they are relatives even though they may not be able to trace their actual relationships with all members of their group

groups of linked clans that are usually exogamous

groups of linked clans that divide a society into two halves, usually exogamous

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Cult. ANTH

Chapter 8

Term	Definition
kinship system	system of determining who one's relatives are and what one's relationship is to them
consanguines	people related by blood
affines	people related through marriage
fictive kin	unrelated individuals who are regarded and treated as relatives
rules of descent	social rules that stipulate the nature of relationships from one generation to another
bilateral descent	principle of descent in which people think of themselves related to both their mother's kin and their father's kin at the same time
unilineal descent	principle of descent in which people define themselves in relation to only one side, either their mother's side or their father's side
matrilineal	descent system in which kinship group membership and inheritance pass through the female line
patrilineal	descent system in which kinship group membership and inheritance pass through the male line
patriarchy	social system in which men occupy positions of social, economic, and political power from which women are excluded
inheritance rules	rules for the passage of land, wealth, and other property from one generation to the next
parallel descent	kinship principle in which descent and inheritance follow gender-linked lines so that men consider themselves descended from their fathers and women consider themselves descended from their mother
ambilineal descent	principle of descent in which individuals may choose to affiliate with either their mother's or their father's kinship group
lineage	a set of relatives tracing descent from a known common ancestor
exogamy	marriage principle in which people cannot marry members of their own lineage or clan but instead must forge alliances with members of their culture groups
endogamy	marriage principle in which people marry members of their own group
parallel cousin	a child of one's mother's sister or of one's father's brother
cross-cousin	a child of one's mother's brother or of one's father's sister
clans	named groups of people who believe that they are relatives even though they may not be able to trace their actual relationships with all members of their group
phratries	groups of linked clans that are usually exogamous
moieties	groups of linked clans that divide a society into two halves, usually exogamous

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