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Kinship Dynamics Kinship Theory Kinship is a measure of relatedness between individuals of any species whether it is by blood, marriage, adoption, or connections that unite one another. It is universal, but what defines kinship for each culture varies to a great extent. Rules between cultures differ in degree from simple marriage laws to complex webs of marriage relationships which involve large numbers of people. One often takes kinship for granted not realizing the cultural significance behind it, and oppositely opening up to understand what lies within kinship between other cultures. The complexity of different culture's kinship is very challenging to learn and on top of that, hard to accept since it may be much different from the "norm". Understanding kinship and the relationship that lies within offers surprising discoveries. Anthropologists focus on comparative studies of kinship looking to discover universal patterns and the different forms that they take on in...

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