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NAME: ADEBISI ABDULQUDUS AYODEJI

ADMIN NO: 1710203102
COURSE TITTLE/CODE: SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY
QUESTION: USING A TABULAR FORM, DISTINGUISH BETWEEN KINSHIP, LINEAGE,
DESCENT AND CLAN.
S/ KINSHIP LINEAGE DESCENT CLAN
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1. Kinship refer to the study of A lineage is A descent A clan is generally a descent group claiming
the patterns of social a unilineal group is common descent from an apical ancestor.
relationships in one or more descent group a social Often, the details of parentage are not
human cultures  that can group whose important elements of the clan tradition.
demonstrate members talk
their common about
descent from a common
known known ancestry.
ancestor.

2. Kinship members are A lineage is a Descent A clan is also another sub-division of

related by blood type of group are descent group. A clan is a group
unilineal related by of people united
descent the same by actual or perceived kinship[1] and descent.
group, they ancestors.
are also
traced to a
common
ancestral
origin
3.  kinship patterns can be A lineage is Descent Clans, in indigenous societies tend to be
considered to include people a unilineal groups are endogamous, meaning that their members
related by both descent  descent group linked can marry one another. Clans preceded
that can together by more centralized forms of community
demonstrate ancestors organization and government, and exist in
their common
every country.
descent from a
known apical
ancestor.
Unilineal
lineages can be
matrilineal or
 patrilineal,
depending on
whether they
are traced
through
mothers or
fathers,
respectively.
4.  Human kinship Lineage is a Descent Clan is a type of unilinear descent group,
relationsthrough marriage are type of group its not also through marriage but ancestors
commonly called "affinity" in unilinear relationships
contrast to the relationships descent arise in an
that arise in one's group of group, its not
individual
origin, which may be called
also throug group of
one's descent group.
marriage but origin
ancestors (common
ancestors)
not
marriage.
5. Kinsmen share historical or Lineage is a Descent are Clan is another type of a unilinear descent
cultural connection, or some type of categorized group and an actual or perceived kinship
other perceived shared unilinear into group
features that connect them
together 
descent bilateral,
group unilineal,
ambilineal
and double
descent

NAME: ADEBISI ABDULQUDUS ATODEJI