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Families, Kinship, & Descent

Families, Kinship, & Descent. Chapter 10 . Nuclear Family. Term nuclear is used in its general meaning referring to a central entity or "nucleus" around which others collect. Parents, Siblings, & Children Important in industrialized & foraging nations

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Families, Kinship, & Descent

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  1. Families, Kinship, & Descent Chapter 10

  2. Nuclear Family • Term nuclear is used in its general meaning referring to a central entity or "nucleus" around which others collect. • Parents, Siblings, & Children • Important in industrialized & foraging nations • Family of Orientation – Family in which one is born & grows up. • Family of Procreation – Nuclear family is established when one marries & has children

  3. Extended Family • Include distant kin… • uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents, in-laws, etc. • Extended Family Households – Occurs when three or more generations live together • Often (but not exclusively) occurs in regions in which economic conditions make it difficult for the nuclear family to achieve self-sufficiency

  4. Descent Groups • system of acknowledged social parentage (varies from society to society) whereby a person may claim kinship ties with another • common ancestry • has special influence when rights to succession, inheritance, or residence follow kinship lines.

  5. Lineages •  Descent group reckoned through two ways… • only one parent, either the father or the mother • Very popular before 1950 • flexible, neither patrilineal nor matrilineal • Trace their common ancestry to a single person. • Can recite names of past generations related to them • May comprise any number of generations but commonly is traced through some 5 or 10.

  6. clans • Don’t trace the actual genealogical links between themselves and that ancestor. • Can apply to various groups (medieval, modern Scots), meaning a connected group of people, usually relatives. It can represent a tribal relationship. • Have more members and cover larger geographic region • Many societies have both lineages and clans

  7. Kin Types vs. Kin Terms • Kin Types – Actual genealogical relationship • Kin Terms – Words used for different relatives in a particular language. • Example – father’s brother = type uncle = term • Ego = means “I” or “Me” in Latin from a particular person’s perspective

  8. Kinship Symbols Lineal Kinship Terminology = Four parental kin terms M, F, FB=MB, & MZ = FZ • F = Father • M = Mother • S = Son • D = Daughter • B = Brother • Z = Sister • C = Child • H = Husband • W = Wife Collateral Relative= Relative outside ego’s direct line B, Z, FB, MZ Example: Aunt Nicole Father’s Sister FZ

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