Kinship Types & Degree of Kinship: Consanguineous Kinship & Affinal Kinship Importance of Kinship

1. KINSHIP
Kinship is one of the main organizing principles of society.
The bond of blood or marriage which binds people together in group is called
kinship.
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.

2. Types & Degree of Kinship
Types of Kinship:
 Consanguineous Kinship:
It refers to the relationships based on blood, i.e., the relationship between parents and children, and
between siblings are the most basic and universal kin relations.
 Affinal Kinship:
It refers to the relationships formed on the basis of marriage. The most basic relationship that results
from marriage is that between husband and wife.

4. Importance of Kinship
Kinship:
 assigns guidelines for interactions between persons.
 determines family line relationships, gotra and kula.
 decides who can marry with whom and where marital relationship are taboo.
 helps us to determine the rights and obligations of the members in all the sacraments and
religious practices starting from birth to death.
 maintains solidarity of relationships.
 influences ownership of land, concept of wealth and the system of production and its use.

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