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consanguinity
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consanguinity /con·san·guin·i·ty/ (kon″sang-gwin´it-e) blood relationship; kinship.consanguin´eous
con·san·guin·i·ty (knsng-gwn-t)
n.
Relationship by blood or by a common ancestor.

consanguinity
[kon′sang·gwin′itē]
Etymology: L, con + sanguis, blood
a hereditary or "blood" relationship between persons that results from having a common parent or ancestor.

consanguinity [kon″sang-gwin´ĭ-te]
blood relationship; kinship. adj., adj consanguin´eous.

consanguinity (kon´sangwin´itē),
n a hereditary or “blood” relationship between persons, by virtue of having a common parent or ancestor.

consanguinity
blood relationship; kinship.


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The Lahanan kinship system is bilateral and encompasses all of an individual's consanguineal kin.
Consanguineal family is one which consists of the mother, the child and other people, mainly belonging to the family of the mother.
While free children received their legal identities based on consanguineal heritage, the slave received that identity based on economic bonds.
 
 
 
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