Kinship

Kinship
• Refers to the “web of social
relationships” that humans
form as part of a family, which
is the smallest unit of society.
• A sharing of characteristics or
origins.
 Family
• A social and economic unit
that consists of one or more
parents and their children.
• A group of people related
by blood or marriage.
• A family is a socioeconomic
unit. What makes a group of
individuals a family is their
dependency on one
another with regard to their
social and economic
activities.
• A family can have one or more
parents. In the society that you
grow up in, a family usually
consists of two parents – a father
and a mother. However, this is
not a norm for other societies
who have one parent, a mother
or a father, or multiple parents
due to multiple marriages.
• A family can have parents who
are not married. Although the
marriage of parents is important
in religious countries such as the
Philippines, it is not a prerequisite
in other societies. Common law
marriage, which is an informal
union of at least two individuals
who present themselves as
couple.
• A family can have parents
with same gender. Although
same sex marriage is illegal
in most countries including
the Philippines, some
societies allow for the
marriage of individuals with
the same sex.
• A family should have at
least one child. One of the
most crucial elements of a
family is the existence of
children. Without a child, a
couple remains to be a
couple and not a family.
Two primary purposes of
family

• To orient the individual of

the norms of the society
• To provide physical support
as the individual matures.
 FYI
• An individual can be part
of more than one family
group.
 Kinship by Blood
• One factor that allows an individual
to identify another individual as a
family member is through
consanguinity, popularly called as
blood relatives.
• This type of kinship links individuals
based on their genetic relations (i.e.,
their bloodine).
 Unilineal Descent
• This allows an individual to
be affiliated to the descent
of one sex group only –
either the male or the
female.
oPatrilineal
oMatrilineal
 Patrilineal descent
• Affiliates an individual
with kin of both sexes
related to him or her
through men only.
Matrilineal descent
• Affiliates an individual
with kin of both sexes
related to him or her
through women only.
• Lineages – common
ancestor through known
links
• Clans- members believe
themselves to be
descended from a
common ancestor but not
that specified.
• Phratries – It is a unilineal
descent group composed of
supposedly related clans.

• Moieties – Whole society is

divided into two unilineal
descent groups. Common
ancestor.
 Bilateral Descent
• This allows an individual to
trace kinship ties on both
sides of the family.
• Both mother’s and father’s
sides are equal in
importance
 Ambilineal Descent
• Is a system containing both
unilineal descent groups
example both patrilineal and
matrilineal groups in which one
belongs to one’s father’s
and/or mother’s descent
group.
 Kinship by Marriage
• Marriage is defined as the
“socially or ritually recognized
union or legal contract between
spouses that establishes rights
and obligations between them,
between them and their children
and between them and their in-
laws.
 Types of Family on the
basis of Marriage
• Polygamous or
Polygynous Family
• Polyandrous Family
• Monogamous family
• Group Marriage
• Endogamy
• Exogamy
Types of Family on the basis of
the Nature of Residences

• Family of Patrilocal
Residence
• Family of Matrilocal
residences
• Family of Bilocal Residence
 Types of Family on the
basis of Size or Structure

• Nuclear
• Matrifocal
• Patrifocal
• Extended
• Blended family
• Single parent family
tree
Types of Family on the basis of
the Nature of Relations

• Conjugal family
• Consanguine family
 Types of Nuclear Family
• The family of orientation
• The family of procreation
 POLITICAL KINSHIP
• Compadrazgo system,
political alliances are also
created, which is based not
on agreed political ideologies
or platforms but more on a
pseudokinship basis.
 ARTICLE II SECTION 26
“THE STATE SHALL GUARANTEE
EQUAL ACCESS TO
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC
SERVICE AND PROHIBIT
POLITICAL DYNASTIES AS MAY
BE DEFINED BY LAW.”
1. What are the purposes of a
family?
2. How different is a family of
orientation from a family of
procreation?
3. What is the difference between a
patrilineal descent and a
matrilineal descent?
4. What type of kinship system do
Filipinos have?
 FAMILY TREE
• Do your homework. In order to create an
in-depth family tree, you may need to
contact individuals within your family. If
you're lucky, you may have a relative
who has already documented some of
the information you need.
• In addition to names, you can also add
birth dates as well as pictures, or anything
else that would enhance your tree.
 Objectives
• Students will be able to list and categorize
the members of their family in correct
sequence and order
• Students will be able to describe and list at
least three different characteristics of each
member of their family.
• Students will show seven or more accurate
facts on their illustration.
• Students will make a exceptionally
attractive poster in terms of design, layout,
neatness, and colorfulness.
 CONSANGUINE
• Refers to people who are
connected with one another
because of blood relationship.
o Descendants – involve people of next
generation related to a person through
his/her children.
o Ascendants – involve relatives from the
earlier generation directly allied to the
person.