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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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