Descent- a person’s family origin
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, “Descent is defined as the state or fact of being related to a particular...
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According to the Cambridge Dictionary, “Descent is defined as the state or fact of being related to a particular...
Kinship usages or the rules of kinship play an important role in understanding the kinship system. They create groups...
We have many different ways of organizing the terminology of kinship but when we look at them all we...
A family is a group of people who are connected through marriage, blood or adoption. It works as a...