UCSP 2nd sem Kinship

• Kinship


  Socially accepted relations that defines the relationship of individuals linked and developed by blood, marriage ties, culturally accepted rituals and legal adoption
• Types of Kinship


  • Kinship by blood
  • Kinship by marriage
  • Kinship by rituals
  • Family and the household
  • Politics in kinship
• Kinship by Blood or Consanguineal kinship


  Relationship by descent which refers to biological relations or by marriage
• Principles of Descent


  • Unilineal descent (Matrilineal, Patrilineal)
  • Bilateral descent or nonunilineal descent
• Kinship by Marriage or Affinal Kinship


  The type of relations developed when marriage takes place
• Marriage


  A special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered into accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life
• Forms of Marriage


  • Endogamy Marriage
  • Exogamy or out marriage
  • Monogamy
  • Polygamy (Polygyny, Polyandry)
• Referred Marriage and Arranged Marriage

  • Referred marriage
  • Child marriage
  • Exchange marriage
  • Diplomatic marriage
  • Modern arranged marriage
• Post Marital Residency Rules (Based of Residence)

  • Patrilocal residence
  • Matrilocal residence
  • Biolocal residence
  • Neolocal residence
  • Avuncolocal residence
• Kinship by Rituals


  Also called compadrazgo which means god parenthood/god parents
• Kinds of Families


  • Nuclear Family
  • Extended Family
  • Blended Family
  • Conditionally Separated Family
  • Transnational Family
• Nuclear Family


  The basic unit of social organization, made up of a group of individuals who are linked together by marriage, blood relations, or adoption
• Extended Family


  Composed of two or more nuclear families in a household, including great grandparents, grandparents, the parents, the children and other relatives
• Blended Family


  A type of family where both the parents (father and mother) have children from previous marital relationships but all the members stay in one household to form a new family
• Conditionally Separated Family

  A type of family where a member is separated from the rest of the family due to employment, military service, sickness, etc.
• Transnational Family

  A type of a family who lives in more than one country, spending part of each year from one country to the other due to employment or military service of parents