LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY

CATEGORIES OF KINSHIP

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the type of kinship that is based on blood or birth?
A
Compadrazgo
B
Consanguinity
C
Affinal
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Siblings are the children of the same parents. In other words, This kinship is based on blood or birth: the relationship between parents and children as well as siblings, says the Sociology Group. This is the most basic and universal type of kinship.

Detailed explanation-2: -Types of Kinship. Kinship can be broken down into consanguineal, affinal, and social. Consanguineal includes direct blood relatives such as parents and children (lineal kinship), and siblings (collateral kinship). Marriages are considered affinal kinship.

Detailed explanation-3: -Human kinship relations through marriage are commonly called “affinity” in contrast to the relationships that arise in one’s group of origin, which may be called one’s descent group.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are two types of kinship, lineal and collateral. Lineal kinship, or the direct line of consanguinity, is the relationship between persons, one of whom is a descendant of the other. Collateral kinship is the relationship between people who descend from a common ancestor but are not in a direct line.

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