KINSHIP – WEB OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP / PATTERN

CLASSIFICATION OF KINSHIP
CONSANGUINITY- BY BLOOD OR BIRTH
UNILINEAL- THROUGH LINKS OF 1 SEX ONLY
PATRILINEAL- FATHER’S LINEAGE
MATRILINEAL- MOTHER’S LINEAGE
LINEAGES- MEMBERS TRACE DESCENT FROM A COMMON ANCESTOR THROUGH
KNOWN LINKS
CLANS- FROM A COMMON ANCESTOR BUT NOT THAT SPECIFIED
PHRATRIES – COMPOSED OF SUPPOSEDLY RELATED CLANS
MOIETIES -BELIEVE THEMSELVES TO BE DESCENDED FROM A COMMON ANCESTOR

AFFINITY -BY MARRIAGE OR MARITAL UNION

KINSHIP BY RITUAL- PRIVILEGED SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED BY RITUAL
(COMPADRAZGO -INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMPADRES)
MARRIAGE – SOCIALLY APPROVED SEXUAL AND ECONOMIC UNION, USUALLY
BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.
TYPES OF MARRIAGES
MONOGAMY- ONE MAN ONE WOMAN
POLYGAMY- PLURAL MARRIAGES ( POLYGYNY- ONE MAN MARRIES MORE THAN 1
WOMAN) (POLYANDRY-ONE WOMAN WITH MORE THAN 1 MAN)
GROUP MARRIAGE/POLYAMOROUS- MARRIAGE BETWEEN 2 OR MORE WOMAN TO 2
OR MORE MAN.
SELECTING A MARRIAGE PARTNER
ENDOGAMY- RULE OF MARRIAGE IN WHICH THE LIFE-PARTNERS ARE TO BE
SELECTED WITHIN THE GROUP
EXOGAMY-MARRIAGE OUTSIDE OF HIS OWN GROUP
*MARRIAGE BASES ON CASTE, TRIBE, RACE, VILLAGE*
FUNCTIONS OF MARRIAGE
LEGITIMACY- LEGALLY ENTITLES THE CHILD/MOTHER TO THE HUSBAND PROPERTY
UPON DEATH (FULL BIRTH RIGHT TO THE CHILDREN)
ECONOMIC COOPERATION- DEPENDENCY OF BOTH PARTIES
FULFILLMENT OF INTIMACY NEEDS- COUPLES LIVE IN MARITAL BLISS ACHIEVE THEIR
PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL BEING.
PERSONAL GROWTH- ACHIEVING PERSONAL FULFILLMENT AND GREAT AMOUNT OF
LIFE SATISFACTION
SENSE OF COMMITMENT- PARTNERSHIP ARE DETERMINED TO WORK TOGETHER
THAT KEEPS FOR ITS SUSTENANCE TO MAKE MARRIAGE LAST
PROCREATION- REARING OF CHILDREN AND BUILDING A FAMILY OF THEIR OWN
FAMILY- MOST BASIC UNIT
FUNCTIONS OF FAMILY
PROPAGATION OF THE HUMAN SPECIES- NATURALISTIC APPROACH IN THE
CONTINUANCE OF THE LIFE SPECIES
PROTECTION- ESTABLISH EMOTIONAL TIES AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARE OF
INDIVIDUAL
AFFECTION AND COMPANIONSHIP- FAMILY PROVIDES EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE
MEMBERS TO FEEL SECURE AND SATISFIED.
SOCIAL PLACEMENT-PROVIDES THE PLACEMENT OR STATUS DESCRIBED FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL
SOCIALIZATION OF THE CHILDREN- FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN TO LEARN THE
NORMS
REGULATION OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR- RIGHT AVENUE WHERE THEIR SEXUAL NEEDS
ARE FULFILLED.
TYPES OF FAMILY
NUCLEAR FAMILY- CONSISTS OF A SINGLE COUPLE OF MONOGAMOUS FAMILY
EXTENDED FAMILY- CONSISTS OF OT THE HUSBAND AND WIFE WITH THEIR CHILDREN
AND THEIR RELATIVES
RECONSITUTED FAMILY- CONSISTS OF ONE OR BOTH PARENTS WHO HAVE CHILD
FROM PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP
SINGLE PARENT FAMILY- HEADED BY ONE PARENT RAISING CHILDREN

DESCENT- DESIGNATED KINSHIP ACCORDING TO THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO

INDIVIDUAL
KINSHIP- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OTHER INDIVIDUALS.
RESIDENCE RULES
UNILOCAL- COUPLE RESIDE IN ONE ABODE
PATRILOCAL- RESIDES WITH THE FAMILY OF THE HUSBAND
MATRILOCAL- RESIDES WITH THE FAMILY OF THE WIFE
BILOCAL- ALTERNATED RESIDENCE BETWEEN THE FAMILIES OF THE BRIDE AND THE
GROOM
AVUNLOCAL- COUPLES RESIDE WITH THE NEAREST UNCLE OF THE BRIDE
NEOLOCAL- ESABLISH THEIR OWN PLACE APART FROM THEIR FAMILY
AUTHORITY PATTERN
PATRIARCHAL- AUTHORITY IS VESTED IN THE OLDEST MALE MEMBER OF THE FAMILY
MATRIARCHAL- WOMEN OR THE MOTHER HAS THE GREATEST AUTHORITY
EGALITARIAN- HUSBAND AND WIFE EXERCISE EQUAL AMOUNT OF AUTHORITY AND
POWER. SAME RIGHTS.