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Consanguinity, literally meaning common blood, describes a family relationship between two individuals. A consanguinity chart (or table), as seen below, is often used to illustrate that relationship. A family of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups linked through descent (demonstrated or stipulated) from a common ancestor, marriage or adoption. ...
Consanguinity is measured in terms of the degree of consanguinity, which can be defined in several different ways. In general, the lower the degree of consanguinity, the closer the relationship, and thus the higher the level of consanguinity. The most common definition is the modern civil law definition, which increases by one with each step up or down along the shortest path between two individuals in a family tree; thus, for example, you are one degree from either parent, or from your children; two sibilings are two degrees apart -- one step up to the common parent, another back down to the sibling. This is also the definition used in Roman law. A family tree is generally the totality of ones ancestors, or specifically, a chart used in genealogy to show the family connections between individuals, consisting of the individuals names (usually accompanied by dates, and often also places and occupations) connected by various types of line representing marriages, extra-marital...
Various other definitions of degrees of consanguinity have been used at different times in canon law. In Western culture, canon law is the law of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. ...
In general, the lower the number of degrees of consanguinity, the higher the risk of inbreeding. Most cultures regard sexual relationships between people with high levels of consanguinity as incest, and forbid marriages between such people. Inbreeding is breeding between close relatives. ...
Incest is the sexual activity or marriage between close family members. ...
 In the Catholic Church, a marriage with a direct line relative or collateral relative to the fourth degree is grounds for an annulment. In other words, you could not marry your 1st cousin (4th degree), grand nephew/niece (4th degree), but you could marry your 1st cousin once removed (5th degree). Download high resolution version (878x154, 38 KB)Consanguinity Chart Created this very simple but needed chart for the Consanguinity article. ...
The Roman Catholic Church believes its founding was based on Jesus appointment of Saint Peter as the primary church leader, later Bishop of Rome. ...
Marriage is a relationship and bond between individuals that plays a key role in the definition of many families. ...
Annulment is a legal procedure for declaring a marriage null and void. ...
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Given that most of the nobility of Europe were and still are in-bred to one degree or another, consanguinuity was often used by European nobility as a convenient means of divorce, especially in ages when religious doctrine forbade the voluntary dissolution of a failed marriage. Inbreeding is breeding between close relatives. ...
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The succession law known as consanguinity, requires that the next monarch be of the same blood of the previous monarch; allowing, for example, illegitimate children to inherit. Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence. ...
A monarch is a type of ruler or head of state, whos titles and ascention are inherited, not earned, and represents a larger monarchical system which has established rules and customs regarding succession, duties, and powers. ...
Illegitimacy was a term in common usage for the condition of being born of parents who are not validly married to one another; the legal term is bastardy. ...
To be covered:
- Lineal consanguinity
- Collateral consanguinity
- Coefficient of consanguinity
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For the scientific journal Heredity see Heredity (journal) Heredity (the adjective is hereditary) is the transfer of characters from parent to offspring, either through their genes or through the social institution called inheritance (for example, a title of nobility is passed from individual to individual according to relevant customs and...
Inbreeding is breeding between close relatives. ...
Mendelian inheritance (or Mendelian genetics or Mendelism) is a set of primary tenets that underlie much of genetics developed by Gregor Mendel in the latter part of the 19th century. ...
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Pedigree collapse is a term created by Robert C. Gunderson to denominate the collapse of the family trees caused either by close cousin marriages or distant cousins unknowingly getting married. ...
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