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kin group, family members who are related genetically or by marriage. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| First, there has been a general fragmentation of the extended kin group and an associated loss of the traditional practices of cooperation and exchange that produced strong intra- and inter-group allegiances. These roles include self-motivated individuals, kin group members, non-kin collectives, political and social elites, religiously motivated individuals and groups, traders and foreigners. The term had a very narrow meaning in its original statement, referring only to the fact that marriages in the modern west usually took place between individuals from larger kin groups whose sole link to one another was through that one marriage bond. |
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