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Kinship system
In anthropology, kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of most humans in most societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often debated. TERM 2
kinship diagram
DEFINITION 2 a visual way of showing the kinship relationships of an individual TERM 3
unilileal systems
DEFINITION 3 recognize descent through only one parent TERM 4
bilinieal systems
DEFINITION 4 a child is related by decscentto both TERM 5
patrilocal residence
DEFINITION 5 In social anthropology, patrilocal residence or patrilocality, also known as virilocal residence or virilocality, are terms referring to the social system in which a married couple resides with or near the husband's parents.
matrilineal descent
Matrilineality is the tracing of descent through the female line. It may also correlate with a societal system in which each person is identified with their matriline - their mother's lineage - and which can involve the inheritance of property and/or titles. TERM 7
matrilocal residence
DEFINITION 7 In social anthropology, matrilocal residence or matrilocality is a term referring to the societal system in which a married couple resides with or near the wife's parents. TERM 8
patrilineal descent
DEFINITION 8 Patrilineality, also known as the male line, the spear side, or agnatic kinship, is a common kinship system in which an individual's family membership derives from and is traced through his or her father's lineage. TERM 9
bilateral descent
DEFINITION 9 Bilateral descent is a system of family lineage in which the relatives on the mother's side and father's side are equally important for emotional ties or for transfer of property or wealth. TERM 10
neolocal
DEFINITION 10 Neolocal residence is a type of post-marital residence when a newly married couple resides separately from both the husband's natal household and the wife's natal household.
hierarchical
A hierarchy is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) in which the items are represented as being "above," "below," or "at the same level as" one another. TERM 17
diaspora
DEFINITION 17 A diaspora is a scattered population whose origin lies within a smaller geographic locale.
