Kinship terminologies In many "classificatory" systems of kinship terminology, relatives far beyond genealogical first cousins are referred to using the terms for parallel and cross-cousins. And in many …

Aug 4, 2024 · It differentiates between parallel and cross cousins and uses distinct terms for different types of relationships. Example: Parallel Cousins: Children of ego’s parent’s same-gender siblings …

DT “Ego’s father’s brother’s child or mother’s sister’s child, or more distant cousin classed terminologically with these first cousins.” RK:150. Contra “Cross-cousins”. Pater Sociological father …

Mother’s brothers and father’s sisters produce offspring who are bifurcated and lumped as “cousin.” Anthropologists distinguish between parallel cousins (EGO’s brothers and sisters through his …

The fact that Ego gives some of his first cousins the 5/6 terms, and others he calls by different terms (the 7/8) is entirely due to the sex of the relatives he has to "trace" through to get to the cousins. In the …

The standard European-American system of kinship uses descriptive terminology, but it also demonstrates that the distinction between descriptive and classificatory kinship systems is not …

Bifurcate merging kinship: Bifurcate merging kinship (initially referred to as Iroquois kinship) highlights a larger family of orientation for EGO by merging EGO’s parents’ same-sex siblings and their offspring …

The image shows the various ways in which an individual i.e., ego is related to his kin. The closeness of ego to his kin members is known as degree of kinship. The image shows Mother and brother as the …

a broader chart of EGO family relation that connects kinships by merging EGO’s parents’ same-sex siblings and their offspring into the immediate family (creating parallel cousins) and bifurcating, or …

Within common typologies, the Hawaiian system is the simplest classificatory system of kinship. Relatives are distinguished only by generation and by gender. There is a parental generation and a …