L2 | KINSHIP

• KINSHIP

  • Relatedness of certain individual within a group, have norms and expectations that structure, and govern kin behavior
  • Recognition of relationships between persons based on descent or marriage.
• BASES OF KINSHIP

  1. Blood relationship
  2. Marriage
• BLOOD RELATIONSHIP

  • Consanguineal 
  • Bond of blood, kin are related through blood
• MARRIAGE

  • Affinal
  • Once a man marries another, he establishes a relationship with his wife and also with the family of the woman including that of his family members.
• DEGREE OF KINSHIP

  1. Primary kin
  2. Secondary kin
  3. Tertiary kin
• PRIMARY KIN

  • People who are directly related, mostly based on blood or birth. 
  • There are eight (8) direct primary kin relations.
• 8 DIRECT PRIMARY KIN RELATIONS

  • Husband - Wife
  • Brother - Sister
  • Brother - Brother
  • Father - Son
  • Mother - Son
  • Father - Daughter
  • Mother - Daughter
  • Sister - Sister
• SECONDARY KIN

  • Primary kin of our primary kin. 
  • There are 33 secondary kin.
• TERTIARY KIN

  • Secondary kin of our primary kin or primary kin of our secondary kin. 
  • There are 151 tertiary kin
• FAMILY LINEAGE

  • Group of people who are related to each other as the direct descendants of a particular ancestor.
  • Follows the descendants of a single progenitor or ancestor.
• LINEAGE / DESCENT

  • Line of descent
  • Important in determining membership in a particular kinship. 
  • Include the question of authority in a family.
• RELATIONSHIP ACCORDING TO DESCENT

  1. Patrilineal descent
  2. Matrilineal descent
  3. Bilateral descent
• KINSHIP DIAGRAM

  A) Male

  B) Female

  C) Male or Female

  D) Deceased

  E) Marriage bond

  F) Descent bond

  G) Codescent bond

  H) Divorce

  
• RELATIONSHIP ACCORDING TO AUTHORITY

  1. Patriarchal
  2. Matriarchal
  3. Equalitarian
• PATRIARCHAL

  • Father or eldest male is recognized as the head of the family, kinship group, or tribe
• MATRIARCHAL

  • Mother or eldest female is recognized as the head of the family, kinship group, or tribe
• EQUALITARIAN

  • Equal sharing of practical responsibilities and decision making by men and women
• RELATIONSHIP ACCORDING TO PLACE OF RESIDENCE

  1. Patrilocal
  2. Matrilocal
  3. Bilocal
  4. Neolocal
  5. Avunlocal
• PATRILOCAL

  • Married couple is required to live with the family or near the residence of the parents of the groom
• MATRILOCAL

  • Married couple is required to live with the family or near the residence of the parents of the bride
• BILOCAL

  • Newlywed has the freedom to select where to live (either with or near the parents of the groom or the bride)
• NEOLOCAL

  • Newlywed can decide independently where to live
• AVUNLOCAL

  • Couple lives with or near the husband's mother's brother, is the only major form of residence where couples live with a relative other than a parent