UCSP ( kinship)

KINSHIP

* Kinship is web of social relationships that creates an important level of the lives of the people in the society. It affects and influences the socio- cultural and political processes and development.

* Descent is the Origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality.

Descent Group (Social group with same ancestry of the people)

1. Unilineal Society The origin of a person is either from the mother's or father's line of descent.

2. Matrilineal Descent an individual's origin from his/her mother's descent group.

3. Patrilineal Descent a person's origin from his/her father's descent group

Socio - Cultural and Political Institutions (Micheli, 2000, 11-18)

Family sets as the basic and the most essential institution in the society. It is the core of the inter-relations of the community. It is the primary source of the values, hierarchical status, and relational functions in the group.

Social Institution is the inter-relationship between persons and among the groups in accordance with the functions and responsibilities in the society. The word "Family" is defined as the social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation, and reproduction (Murdock 1941:1). Family is the basic unit of the society that fosters the beginning of values, norms, and belief systems. In addition, family is described as a group of people united by mutual agreement through ties of marriage, blood or adoption, and mutual relational inter-action and communication in creating as well as maintaining common culture.