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Affinity (law)
Legal and anthropological concept
Childlessness
Not having a child
Clan
Group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent
Consanguinity
Property of being from the same kinship as another person
Extended family
Family that extends beyond the immediate family
Family
Group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence
Family tree
Chart representing family relationships in a conventional tree structure
House society
Society organized in dwellings
Household
Group of one or more people living in the same dwelling and sharing meals or living accommodation; may consist of a single family or other grouping of people
Kinship
Human relationship term; web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of most humans in most societies; form of social connection
Kinship terminology
Words and phrases to describe familial relationships
Lineage (anthropology)
Line of ancestors and descendants of a person
Matrilineality
Tracing of kinship through the female line
Nuclear family
Family of a married couple and their children
Patrilineality
Kinship through one's father, his father and so on
Stepfamily
Family where one parent has children that are not genetically related to the other parent