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Genealogical Labyrinths and Kinship Codes
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Across
- 1. A kin group traced exclusively through paternal descent.
- 2. Transmission of traits from parent to offspring.
- 3. Referring to a pair, often two-person familial units.
- 7. Descent reckoned through both maternal and paternal lines.
- 9. Term describing maladaptive family interactions.
- 12. Relationship by marriage rather than blood relation.
- 13. Biological fatherhood legally established or presumed.
Down
- 4. Property or wealth transferred at marriage traditionally.
- 5. Degree of kinship measured by shared bloodline.
- 6. Inheritance traced exclusively through male ancestors.
- 8. Relative sharing great-grandparents, two generations apart.
- 10. Refers to marrying outside one’s social or kin group.
- 11. Raising a child by non-biological parents temporarily.
- 14. Social system governed by female family heads.
- 15. Collective lineage of forebears.
- 16. Quality often linked metaphorically to conjugal ties.
- 17. Demographic term for birth rate within a family.
- 18. Extended family sharing a reputed common ancestor.
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