Affinity

The word affinity (Lat. affinitas, relationship by marriage, from affinis, bordering on, related to; finis, border, boundary) bears several meanings.

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In law and in cultural anthropology, affinity, as distinguished from consanguinity, is kinship by marriage. It is the relation which each party to a marriage, the husband and wife, bears to the kindred of the other. Affinity is usually described as of three kinds. (1) Direct: that relationship which subsists between the husband and his wife's relations by blood or between the wife and the husband's relations by blood. The marriage having made them one person, the blood relations of each are held as related by affinity in the same degree to the one spouse as by consanguinity to the other. But the relation is only with the married parties themselves, and does not bring those in affinity with them in affinity with each other; so a wife's sister has no affinity to her husband's brother. This is secondary affinity. Collateral affinity is the relationship subsisting between the husband and the relations of his wife's relations.

Anthropology: Anthropology (from the Greek word άνθρωπος, "human") consists of the study of humankind (see genus Homo). It is holistic in two senses: it is concerned with all humans at all times, and with all dimensions of humanity. A primary trait that traditionally dist...

Consanguinity: Consanguinity, literally meaning common blood, describes how close a person is related to another in the sense of a family. It is illustrated with a consanguinity chart (or table), as seen below....

Marriage: Marriage is a legal, social, and religious relationship between individuals which has formed the foundation of the family for most societies. Historically, marriage has been a social contract between a man (husband) and a woman (wife). Polygamy has been a common variation in some cultures, usually i...

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