consanguinity

Examples of consanguinity in the following topics:

• The Nature of a Family

  • In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence.
  • In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence.
  • In contrast, a "consanguineal" family consists of a parent, his or her children, and other relatives.
  • Consanguinity is defined as the property of belonging to the same kinship as another person.
  • In that respect, consanguinity is the quality of being descended from the same ancestor as another person.

• Families and Theory

  • The present day Catholic Church still maintains a standard of required distance (in both consanguinity and affinity) for marriage.

• The Spanish Habsburgs

  • The Spanish branch of the Habsburg royal family was noted for extreme consanguinity.
  • The Spanish branch of the Habsburg royal family was noted for extreme consanguinity.

• Kinship Patterns

  • One of the founders of anthropological relationship research was Lewis Henry Morgan, who wrote Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family (1871).