Discuss the classificatory nature of kinship terminology in 250 words.
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Kinship is basically a blood relation and there are different relations involved in a person's life some are from the mother's side and some are from fathers side there is a different type of kinships, below are some:
- Hawaiian Kinship: this kinship is distinguished by sex and generation.
- Sundanese Kinship: Siblings are distinguished from cousins and different terms are used for each type of cousin.
- Crow kinship: this type distinguishes between one's mother's and one's father's side.
- Omaha kinship: Relatives on mothers side have more classificatory approach and fathers side have more descriptive approach.
- Hawaiian Kinship: this kinship is distinguished by sex and generation.
- Sundanese Kinship: Siblings are distinguished from cousins and different terms are used for each type of cousin.
- Crow kinship: this type distinguishes between one's mother's and one's father's side.
- Omaha kinship: Relatives on mothers side have more classificatory approach and fathers side have more descriptive approach.
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Kinship is the grouping of people in the society according to their decency.
Most at times this people originate from same ancestors thereby they become kins.
Kinship classifies people in the society by drawing boundaries between different kinship groups and ties.
In some groups kinship is considered so important that some social practices might not be allowed among or across specific kinship lines.
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