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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´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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Godparentage, for instance, bound individuals together in a spiritual/ritual relationship, but it could also reinforce consanguineal or affinal or even both ties.
Kinship in Neckarhausen, 1700-1870 by Frey, Dennis A. / Journal of Social History
Instead of realizing the implications of his conclusion here, Trigger instead slips back into the old Euro-centric language of consanguineal and (presumed) genealogical connectedness, not to mention the old Radcliffe-Brownian characterization of social organization in terms of moieties subdivided into semi-moieties, sections into subsections.
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