Consanguinity

Consanguinity (from Latin consanguinitas 'blood relationship') is the characteristic of having a kinship with a relative who is descended from a common...

{1}{2}}\right)^{4}} ; their consanguinity is one-eighth. For each additional removal of the cousin relationship, consanguinity is reduced by half, as the...

Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family is an 1871 book written by Lewis Henry Morgan (1818 - 1881) and published by the Smithsonian...

world to do so. The laws of many jurisdictions set out the degree of consanguinity prohibited among sexual relations and marriage parties. Supporters of...

kinship by adoption or a step relationship. Unlike blood relationships (consanguinity), which may have genetic consequences, affinity is essentially a social...

half-siblings are cross-siblings to each other.[dubious – discuss] Consanguinity is the measure of how closely people are related. Genetic relatedness...

development. In a social perspective, the observed inclination to practice consanguinity has been due to advantages to social and financial status. Upholding...

In law, a prohibited degree of kinship refers to a degree of consanguinity (blood relatedness), or sometimes affinity (relation by marriage or sexual...

recessive traits resulting from incestuous sexual relationships and consanguinity. Animals avoid incest only rarely. Inbreeding results in homozygosity...

The coefficient of relationship is a measure of the degree of consanguinity (or biological relationship) between two individuals. The term coefficient...

becomes accepted within the endogamous group. Endogamy, as distinct from consanguinity, may result in transmission of genetic disorders, the so-called founder...

Cousin marriage is a form of consanguinity (marriages among couples who are related as second cousins or closer). As of 2003, an average of 45% of married...

An aunt is a woman who is a sibling of a parent or married to a sibling of a parent. Aunts who are related by birth are second-degree relatives. Alternate...

a son. The marriage was annulled on 21 March 1152 on the grounds of consanguinity within the fourth degree. Their daughters were declared legitimate,...

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— Surah An-Nisa 4:19-23 Seven relations are prohibited because of consanguinity, i.e. kinship or relationship by blood, viz. mothers, daughters, sisters...

compelling as that of consanguinity, the reasoning behind the prohibited degrees of affinity being treated the same as that of consanguinity is the nearness...

Relationship most often refers to: Family relations and relatives: consanguinity Interpersonal relationship, a strong, deep, or close association or...

it, one of these being used in reference to a female descendant or consanguinity. It can also be used as a term of endearment coming from an elder. In...

descended from John I of Castile; to remove the obstacle that this consanguinity would otherwise have posed to their marriage under canon law, they were...