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Question: American kinship calculation is bilateral. What does that mean?

16 Oct 2022,10:47 PM

 

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Define matrilocality.
Define ambilineal descent.
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Define incest.
What does it mean to say that incest is socially constructed?
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Explain moiety.
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According to Linda Williams and David Finkelhor, when is father-daughter incest least likely to occur?
According to anthropology, why do societies discourage incest?
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Which is most common in the world?
According to Helen Fisher, what is the percentage of cultures in the world with polygyny?
And what is the percentage of men in these cultures who choose to have multiple wives? Name one country with polyandry.
According to Helen Fisher, curious creative people are linked to which brain system?
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Name 3 problems identified by Anthony Bourdain that relate to anthropology.

Expert answer

 

Kinship calculation is bilateral. This means that the relatives on each side of the family are considered when determining kinship. For example, if you are related to someone on your mother's side of the family, you are also related to them on your father's side of the family.

 

Kinship is determined by tracing bloodlines back through the generations. The degree of kinship (e.g. first cousin, second cousin, etc.) is determined by how many generations there are between two individuals.

 

There are a few different ways to calculate kinship, but the most common method is known as the " degrees of consanguinity ." This method uses the number of generations between two individuals to determine their degree of kinship.

 

The degrees of consanguinity are:

1st degree: Parent-child

2nd degree: Siblings

3rd degree: Cousin (once removed)

4th degree: Second cousin (twice removed)

5th degree: Third cousin (th

 

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