KINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND

HOUSEHOLD
UNDERSTANDING
GROUP 7
SUBMITTED BY: JENNY SUBA
SUBMITTED TO: CAMILLE
 KINSHIP
• Is one of the main organizing principle of
society
• Is of the basic social institutions found in every
society
 a.) KINSHIP BY BLOOD
• Kinship relationships are based on
birth (blood relationships)
 DESCENT AND MARRIAGE

• Kinship system includes people, one is related

with through descent or marriage
 THERE ARE 3
CATEGORIES OF
DESCENT SYSTEM
• UNLINEAL
- is a kinship or family or family system in
which descent is traced through only one
gender
• BILATERAL
- tracing relationships through both parents
• AMBILINEAL
- is a cognatic descent system in which individuals
may be affiliated either to their father’s or mother’s
group
 b.) KINSHIP BY MARRIAGE
Marriage rules eross - culturally
MONOGAMY
VS.
POLYGAMY
MONOGAMY
- is officially defined as the practice or
state of having sexual relationship with
only one partner
POLYGAMY
- the state of having more than one
mate at a time
POST MARITAL RESIDENCY RULES
• PATRIYARKAL RESIDENCE
- occurs when a newly married couple
establishes their home near or in the groom’s
father’s house
• MATRILOCAL RESISDENCE
- near or in the bride’s mother house
• NEOLOCAL RESIDENCE
- occurs when newly married couple
establishes their home independent
REFFERED MARRIAGE PARTNERS
 c.) KINSHIP BY RITUAL
• Is the form of godparent played an important
role in strengthening and extending the ties of
kinship
• Parents selected godparents of a child at
his/her baptism, confirmation and marriage
• They tied the the godparents as coparent