Families, Kinship, & Descent Chapter 10 Families, Kinship, & Descent

Nuclear Family Term nuclear is used in its general meaning referring to a __________________ or “__________________" around which others collect. ___________________, Siblings, & ______________________ Important in industrialized & ________________________ nations Family of ________________________ – Family in which one is ____________________________________. Family of ________________________ – Nuclear family is established when ______________ & has _________________

Extended Family Include ________________________________ … uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents, in-laws, etc. ________________________ Households – Occurs when _____ or more generations ________________________ Often (but not exclusively) occurs in regions in which _______________________ conditions make it difficult for the ____________________ family to achieve self-sufficiency

Descent Groups system of acknowledged ___________________________ (varies from society to society) whereby a person may claim ____________________________ with another _______________________ ancestry has special influence when rights to _____________________, _____________________, or residence follow kinship lines.

Lineages __________________________ reckoned through two ways… only ______________________, either the father or the mother Very popular before 1950 _____________________, neither patrilineal nor matrilineal Trace their common ancestry to a ________________________. Can recite names of past generations related to them May comprise any number of generations but commonly is traced through some ______________________

clans Don’t trace the ____________________________ links between themselves and that ancestor. Can apply to __________________________ (medieval, modern Scots), meaning a _______________________ of people, usually relatives. It can represent a __________________ relationship. Have more members and cover larger _____________________ Many societies have both ____________________________

Kin Types vs. Kin Terms Kin ______________ – Actual _________________ relationship Kin ________________ – _______________ used for different relatives in a particular ____________________________ Example – ______________________ = type ______________________ = term __________________ = means “I” or “Me” in _______________ from a particular person’s perspective

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