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Jo Vanne Trivilegio
Raymund Lumngyao
Ralph Angelo Misola
Francis Gil Mercurio
Jose Raphael Ong oh
KINSHIP
The web of social relationships that form an
important part of the lives of most humans in
most societies
ANTHROPOLOGICALSENSE OF
THE WORDKINSHIP
LEWIS HENRY MOR
GAN
,
DESCENT
In many societies where kinship
connections are important, there are
rules, though they may be expressed or
be taken for granted. There are four
main heading Anthropologists categorize
rules of descent. They are bilateral,
unilineal,
ambilineal
and
double
descent.
BILATERAL
UNILINEAL
AMBILINEAL
DOUBLE DESCENT
DESCENT GROUPS
LINEAGES, CLANS,
PHRATRIES, MOIETIES,
AND MATRIMONIAL
SIDES
LINEAGE
CLAN
PHRATRY
NUCLEAR FAMILY