1. Families, Kinship, & Descent
Chapter 10
Families, Kinship, & Descent

2. 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 _________________

3. 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

4. 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.

6. 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 ______________________

8. 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 ____________________________

9. 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

10. 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