{"id":2767,"date":"2011-10-16T06:34:30","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T11:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/?page_id=2767"},"modified":"2011-10-26T09:40:34","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T14:40:34","slug":"less-familiar-kinship-terms-definitions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/?page_id=2767","title":{"rendered":"Less Familiar “Kinship” Terms & Definitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

from Jackie Smith Arnold’s Kinship: It’s All Relative<\/span> (2nd ed. Baltimore: Genealogy Publishing, Inc.)<\/p>\n

KINSHIP<\/span><\/p>\n

Agnatic<\/em><\/strong>: regarding the father’s side of the family; Patrilineal<\/em><\/strong> or Paternal<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Clan<\/em><\/strong>: small patriarchal (agnatic) units<\/p>\n

Cognate<\/em><\/strong>: regarding the mother’s side of the family; in times when the father could not be determined, birth was more important; also called Matrilineal <\/em><\/strong>or Maternal<\/strong><\/em>. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Endogamy<\/em><\/strong>: breeding within clan or tribe<\/p>\n

Exogamy<\/em><\/strong>: breeding outside clan or tribe<\/p>\n

Outbreeding<\/em><\/strong>: new blood in clan or tribe<\/p>\n

Phratrics<\/em><\/strong>: kinship alliances within clan or tribe<\/p>\n

Pedigree<\/em><\/strong>: register or list of genealogy<\/p>\n

Sib<\/em><\/strong> or Sept<\/em><\/strong>: small cohesive group within phratry by which descendants are referred; sometimes “married” or “maiden” name<\/p>\n

Tribes<\/em><\/strong>: groups of Clans<\/p>\n

(here Arnold lists ten types of marriages, including Monogamy<\/em><\/strong> and Polygamy<\/em><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

RELATIONSHIPS<\/span><\/p>\n

Bilateral kinship<\/em><\/strong>: affiliation to both Agnatic<\/em><\/strong> and Cognate<\/em><\/strong> lines<\/p>\n

Collateral kinship<\/em><\/strong>: sideways relationship by marriage, not blood<\/p>\n

Fictive kinship<\/em><\/strong>: unrelated by blood or collateral kinship, but considered part of the family<\/p>\n

Foundling<\/em><\/strong>: child deserted by parents<\/p>\n

Immediate<\/em><\/strong>: parental relationship to child<\/p>\n

Mediate<\/em><\/strong>: grandparent to grandchild<\/p>\n

Lineal ascent<\/em><\/strong>: to go backwards in genealogical time<\/p>\n

Lineal descent<\/em><\/strong>: to go forward in genealogical time<\/p>\n

Unilineal descent<\/em><\/strong>: using only mother or father to trace kinship<\/p>\n

ORIENTATION<\/span><\/p>\n

Aunt: <\/em><\/strong>sister of parent; archaic colloquial reference to a prostitute otherwise<\/p>\n

Consanquinity<\/em><\/strong>: degree of relationship used to determine kinship where no estate will is left<\/p>\n

Cousin<\/em><\/strong>: share common grandparents<\/p>\n

Second cousin<\/em><\/strong>: share great-grandparents; add a number for children of same,i.e. Third cousin<\/em><\/strong>, etc.<\/p>\n

Cross cousin<\/em><\/strong>: first cousin<\/p>\n

Double first cousin<\/em><\/strong>: parallel<\/em><\/strong> or ortho cousins;<\/em><\/strong> descendants of a brother and sister who marry a sister and brother, which sometimes happened years ago with lack of transportation, social mobility, or limited gene pool<\/p>\n

Grand aunt\/ uncle<\/em><\/strong>: siblings of grandparents<\/p>\n

Great-grand relative<\/em><\/strong>: reference to additional generation, etc.<\/p>\n

Removed<\/em><\/strong>: persons\/ generation down, i.e. your first cousin’s child would be your cousin Once removed<\/em><\/strong>; add a number for each generation; still always cousins laterally in same generation<\/p>\n

Siblings German<\/em><\/strong>: anyone with the same parents<\/p>\n

FAMILIES OF AFFINITY<\/span><\/p>\n

In-laws<\/em><\/strong>: a spouse’s family; not carried to their extensions, however<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

from Jackie Smith Arnold’s Kinship: It’s All Relative (2nd ed. Baltimore: Genealogy Publishing, Inc.) KINSHIP Agnatic: regarding the father’s side of the family; Patrilineal or Paternal Clan: small patriarchal (agnatic) units Cognate: regarding the mother’s side of the family; in … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":720,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2767","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2767"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2830,"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2767\/revisions\/2830"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}