EST 200 1st Edition Lecture 18 Outline of Last Lecture I Class canceled Outline of Current Lecture I Family types II Kin III Kinship and descent IV Residence patterns Current Lecture I II III Family Types a Nuclear family consists of a married couple and their children b Prevailing form of family in most societies is the extended family It consists of two or more single parent monogamous nuclear Polygynous or polyandrous families linked by a blood tie c The extended family is the prevailing form of family in more than half of societies known to anthropology d Families form ties of i Blood ii Law assign marriage or adoption Kin a Kin can be related to you by blood marriage and also by a type of kinship known as fictive kin consanguine related by blood people related to you by blood are consanguine kin Affinal fin are those kin related to you by marriage what we call in USA culture in laws Fictive kin are those we think of as kin in the USA culture God parents Kinship and descent a Patrilineal descent affiliates an individual with kin of both sexes related to him or her through men only Affiliation with that group is only transmitted by the sons of their children b Matrilineal descent affiliates an individual with kin of both sexes related to him or her through women only Affiliation with that group is transmitted only by the daughters of their children These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute IV c Ambilineal descent affiliates an individual with kin related to him or her through men or women Some people in the society affiliate with a group of kin through their fathers other through their mothers d Unilineal descent affiliates an individual with a group of kin through descent links of one sex only Residence patterns a Matri mother b Patri father c Lineal line d Local residence e Avanculocal married couple lives with or near the husband s mother s brother f Bilocal married coupe lives with or near either the husband s parents or the wife s parents g Matrilocal married couple lives with or near the wife s parents h Patrilocal married couple lives with or near the husband s parents i Amilocal may choose bilocal