Kinship

Agenda

Kinship

Kusdowagamiut readings

Rene’s Presentation

Descent Groups

Marital Residence

Patrilocal

Kinship Terminology

Ascribed according to number of kin with the same classificatory term, e.g., uncle, etc.

Designated by:

mo, fa

sis, bro

son, da

mo fa sis son

fa mo

Inuit or Eskimo

Kin outside nuclear family described in different classificatory terms

uncle,

aunt = mo’s sis or fa’s sis or mo’s mo’s sis, etc

cousin

nuclear family with relatives usually important on both sides

both parents sides considered kin to ego and siblings

Hawaiian Kinship Terms

Easiest to remember

smallest number of terms

all relatives of the same sex in the same generations are referred to by the same term.

All male cousins called by same term you call bro, sis

All siblings of mother called by same term as mother

Extended family’s important

Other forms

Omaha

Iroquois

Sudanese