CAS AN 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Patrilocal Residence, Nuclear Family, Matrilocal Residence
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Affinals - this is the terms used to describe a relationship that one has with another individual that is based on the marriage of a relative. Ambilineal - ambillineal systemsactually involve being selected for members within either father"s or mothers group, usually upon entering adulthood. These are ancestor based groups, and have been used as a way of organizing and tracing descent from either the father"s or the mother"s side, but not both. Bifurcate collateral kinship terminology - this is taken to mean the establishment of a system that differentiates both uncles and aunts from both of the parents and from each other. Bifurcate merging kinship terminology - this refers to a system that groups the father and the. Father"s mother and mother and mother"s sister together, but the mother"s brother and the father"s. Sister are denoted by distinct terms unique to them.
