Sudanese kinship (also referred to as the Descriptive system) is a kinship system used to define family. Identified by Louis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Sudanese system is one of the six major kinship systems (Eskimo, Hawaiian, Iroquois, Crow, Omaha, and Sudanese). Kinship and descent is one of the major concepts of cultural anthropology. ... A family in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family consists of a domestic group of people (or a number of domestic groups), typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by analogous or comparable relationships — including domestic partnership, cohabitation, adoption, surname and (in some cases) ownership (as occurred in the... Lewis H. Morgan Lewis Henry Morgan (November 21, 1818 – December 17, 1881) is considered to be the Father of American anthropology, although his professional life was in the field of law. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Eskimo kinship (also referred to as Lineal kinship) is a kinship system used to define family. ... Hawaiian kinship (also referred to as the Generational system) is a kinship system used to define family. ... Iroquois Kinship (also known as Bifurcate merging) is a kinship system used to define family. ... Crow kinship is a kinship system used to define family. ... Omaha kinship is a kinship system used to define family. ...

The Sudanese kinship system is the most complicated of all kinship systems. It maintains a separate designation for almost every one of Ego's kin based on their distance from Ego, their relation, and their gender. Ego's Father is distinguished from his brother and from Ego's mother's brother. Ego's Mother is similarly distinguished from her sister and from Ego's father's sister. For cousins alone there are eight possible terms.

Usage

The system is named for the peoples of southern Sudan in Africa. A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ...

See also

• Family
• Kinship and descent
• Anthropology
• List of anthropologists

A family in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family consists of a domestic group of people (or a number of domestic groups), typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by analogous or comparable relationships — including domestic partnership, cohabitation, adoption, surname and (in some cases) ownership (as occurred in the... Kinship and descent is one of the major concepts of cultural anthropology. ... Anthropology is the study of the physical and social characteristics of humanity through the examination of historical and present geographical distribution, cultural history, acculturation, and cultural relationships. ... The following is a list of scientists and scholars of anthropology: Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z John Adair Manuel Laranjeira Rodrigues de Areia Michael Asch...

Sources & External links

• William Haviland, Cultural Anthropology, Wadsworth Publishing, 2002. ISBN 0-534-27479-X
• The nature of kinship