Kinship,

Marriage
and the
Household
Ms. Maria Karmela B. Dalangin
 Lesson
Objectives:

◂ Define what kinship is

◂ Give the importance of family
through class sharing.
◂ Discuss the different definition of
family through interactive
discussion.

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Picture Analysis:

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“Kinship”
 Kinship
Refers to the “web of social
“ relationships” that humans form as
part of a family, which is the
smallest unit of a society. Ferraro
and Andreatta defined family as “a
social and economic unit that
consists of one or more parents and
their children.
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 Kinship
◂ The bond of blood or marriage which binds
“ people together in group.
◂ According to the Dictionary of
Anthropology, kinship system includes
socially recognized relationships based on
supposed as well as actual genealogical
ties. These relationships are the result of
social interaction and recognized by
society.

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 Types of Kinship
◂ Affinal Kinship
◂ Relationships based upon marriage
or cohabitation between collaterals
(people treated as the same
generation)
◂ Consanguineous Kinship
◂ Connections between people that are
traced by blood

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 Examples of kinship
◂ parent (father or mother)
◂ child (son or daughter)
◂ sibling (brother or sister)
◂ grandparent (grandfather or grandmother)
◂ grandchild (grandson or granddaughter)
◂ uncle or aunt.
◂ nibling (nephew or niece)
◂ cousin.

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 Points To
Remember!
 1. A family is a
socioeconomic unit
What makes a group of individuals a
family is their dependency on one
another with regard to their social and
economic activities. This implies that
the family acts as the primary support
group for its members as they
participate in the social processes
within a society.
2. A family can have
one or more parents
In the society that you grow up
in, a family consists of two
parents – a father and a mother.
However, this is not the norm for
other societies who would have
one parent, a mother or a father,
or multiple parents due to
multiple marriages.
Ziona Chana - 39 Wives, 94 childrens & 33 Grandchildren (181
members)
3. A family can have parents
who are not married.
Although the marriage of the parents is
important in religious countries such as
the Philippines, it is not a prerequisite
in other societies. Hence, as long as
individuals are socially and
economically interdependent, they can
be considered a family.
 4. A family can have
parents with the same
gender
Although same sex marriage is
illegal in most countries
including the Philippines, some
societies allow for the marriage
of individuals with the same sex.
5. A family should have
at least one child.
One of the most crucial
elements of a family is the
existence of children. Without
a child, a couple remains to be
a couple and not a family
Question:
What are the
purposes of a
family?
Kinship by
Blood
 Lesson Objectives
-Differentiate the unilineal descent and
bilateral descent
-Reflect on the importance of matrilineal
and patrilineal through sharing of opinion
-Analyze the different diagrams of
matrilineal and patrilineal descent group.
Let’s have a
recall?
 Picture
Analysis:
 IS

THICKER
“Blood is Thicker
than Water”
What is Kinship by
It is one factor that allows an
blood?
individual to identify another
individual as a family member is
through consanguinity, popularly
called as blood relatives. This type
of kinship links individuals based
on their genetic relations
(bloodline).
 Unilineal
Descent
This allows an individual to be
affiliated to the descent of one
sex group only – either male or
the female. There are two types
of unilineal descents: matrilineal
and patrilineal.
a. Matrilineal
Leads an individual to trace
Descent
kinship relations through the
female’s line. This implies that
the surname and inheritances of
a family are passed on from
one female to other.
Matrilineal Descent
In Asia, The Minangkabau
Group
ethnic group of West Sumatra,
Indonesia, practices
Matrilineage. In this society,
land and property ownership is
passed on from mother to
daughter, leaving the men to
a. Patrilineal
An individual traces his or her
Descent
kinship through the male’s line
only. This promotes a passing
down of name and inheritance to
the males offspring only, while
allowing the female offspring to
be part of another family through
marriage.
  Bilateral
This means that an individual can
Descent
recognizeIt allows an individual to
trace kinship ties on both sides of
the family. both his or her parents’
relatives as his or her own relatives.
In this type of kinship, everyone
knows how or she is connected to
everyone.
What Have I Learned So Far?
 What is the
difference between
a patrilineal
descent and a
 What type of
kinship system do
Filipinos have?