Kinship
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In anthropology, kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of all humans in all societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often d
A multi-generational extended family in Chaghcharan, Ghor Province, Afghanistan
A multi-generational extended family of Eastern Orthodox priest in Jerusalem, c. 1893
An illustration of the bi-relational and tri-relational senses of nakurrng in Bininj Kunwok
Consanguinity
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Consanguinity is the characteristic of having a kinship with a relative who is descended from a common ancestor.
Kinship
…anthropology has developed a number of related concepts and terms in the study of kinship, such as descent, descent group, lineage, affinity/affine, consanguinity/cognate and fictive kinship. Further, even within these two broad usages of the term, there are different theoretical approaches. Broadly, kinship…
Consanguinity of the kings of France as shown in Arbor genealogiae regum Francorum (Bernard Gui, early 14th century)