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  • 21Australian Aborigine — aborigine (def. 2). * * * ▪ people Introduction  any of the indigenous people of Australia.       Australia is the only continent where the entire indigenous population maintained a single kind of adaptation hunting and gathering (hunting and… …

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  • 22consanguineous — consanguineously, adv. /kon sang gwin ee euhs/, adj. having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood. Also, consanguine /kon sang gwin/, consanguineal. [1595 1605; < L consanguineus, equiv. to con CON + sanguin (s. of sanguis) blood + eus&#8230; …

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  • 23extended family — 1. a kinship group consisting of a family nucleus and various relatives, as grandparents, usually living in one household and functioning as a larger unit. Cf. nuclear family. 2. (loosely) one s family conceived of as including aunts, uncles,&#8230; …

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  • 24kinship — /kin ship/, n. 1. the state or fact of being of kin; family relationship. 2. relationship by nature, qualities, etc.; affinity. [1825 35; KIN + SHIP] Syn. 1. See relationship. 1, 2. connection. 2. bearing. * * * Socially recognized relationship&#8230; …

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  • 25residence — /rez i deuhns/, n. 1. the place, esp. the house, in which a person lives or resides; dwelling place; home: Their residence is in New York City. 2. a structure serving as a dwelling or home, esp. one of large proportion and superior quality: They&#8230; …

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  • 26next of kin — 1: one or more living persons in the nearest degree of relationship to a particular individual 2: those persons entitled by statute to receive the property in an intestate s estate compare heir Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …

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  • 27consanguineous — adjective /kɑnsæŋˈɡwɪniəs/ Related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor. Consanguineous marriage is customary in many societies, but leads to an increased birth prevalence of infants with severe recessive disorders. Syn:&#8230; …

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  • 28Parallel and cross cousins — In discussing consanguineal kinship in anthropology, a parallel cousin (or ortho cousin) is a cousin from a parent s same sex sibling, while a cross cousin is from a parent s opposite sexed sibling. So a parallel cousin is the child of the father …

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  • 29Saint Thomas Christian names — describes the naming convention that is in use by the St. Thomas Christians of Kerala, the south western state of India. These Christians known as Nasranis, trace their origin to the missionary activity of Thomas the Apostle. They still follow a&#8230; …

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  • 30ГРУППЫ ПО ПРОИСХОЖДЕНИЮ — (DESCENT GROUPS) Группой по происхождению является всякая социальная группа, членство в которой зависит от общего происхождения от реального или мифического предка. Например, родословная это однолинейная группа по происхождению, членство в&#8230; …

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