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Kinship by Blood
Consanguineal kinship or kinship based on blood
Most basic and general form of relations.
Relationship achieved by birth or blood affinity.
Study of….
DESCENT
Lineage – refers to the line where one’s descent is traced.
Principles of Descent
Kinship…. Anthropologist develop diagrams….
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Symbols Used by Anthropologist to Study
Patterns of Descent and Kin Groups….
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Male
Female
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Codescent bond Children
Descent bond
Unilineal Descent Priciple
Traced by a single line of ancestors from either the
male and female line.
Patrilineal
Only the
males pass
on to their
children
their
family
identity
Two basic forms of Unilineal Descent…
Matrilineal