consanguinity
(noun)
a consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent; a blood relationship
Examples of consanguinity in the following topics:
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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.
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Families and Theory
- The present day Catholic Church still maintains a standard of required distance (in both consanguinity and affinity) for marriage.
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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).