kinship
Blood or marriage
Kinship is the state of being related by blood, marriage, or adoption—the network of family relationships.
More broadly, kinship describes any sense of connection or shared nature between people or things: She felt an immediate kinship with the other volunteers.
The word suggests bonds deeper than mere acquaintance, implying common ground or mutual understanding.
Study of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
forebears · progenitors · descendants · bloodline · heritage · family tree · generations · succession
Those connected by blood
- siblingsFellow offspring
- parentsMother and father
- childrenYoung human beings
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
tribe · household · brood · offspring · ancestors · nuclear · extended · patriarch
Social group sharing ancestry
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- bandGroup playing music together
- villageSmall rural community
- collectiveJointly organized group
network · circle · congregation · fellowship · guild · sodality · age-set · house
Hereditary code molecule
- genesUnits of heredity
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- consanguinityRelatedness through shared ancestry
chromosomes · biological · genome · haplogroup · alleles · inheritance · relatedness · paternity
A joining or relation
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
closeness · intimacy · rapport · warmth · affection · togetherness · trust · devotion
Sharing another's emotions
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- camaraderieGoodwill among companions
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
solidarity · likeness · similarity · congeniality · brotherhood · sisterhood · comradeship · affinity
Systematic study of peoples
- matrilinealDescended through maternal line
- patrilinealTraced through fathers
- bilateralInvolving two parties
- exogamyUnion outside one's clan
endogamy · moiety · totem · classificatory · godparent
genealogy
Study of family descent
dynasty · forebears · progenitors · descendants · bloodline · heritage · family tree · generations · succession · roots
relatives
Those connected by blood
clan · tribe · household · brood · offspring · ancestors · nuclear · extended · patriarch · matriarch
tribe
Social group sharing ancestry
collective · network · circle · congregation · fellowship · guild · sodality · age-set · house
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
consanguinity · chromosomes · biological · genome · haplogroup · alleles · inheritance · relatedness · paternity · maternity
connection
A joining or relation
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
fidelity · closeness · intimacy · rapport · warmth · affection · togetherness · trust · devotion · familial
empathy
Sharing another's emotions
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- camaraderieGoodwill among companions
fellowship · solidarity · likeness · similarity · congeniality · brotherhood · sisterhood · comradeship · affinity · mutuality
ethnography
Systematic study of peoples
- matrilinealDescended through maternal line
- patrilinealTraced through fathers
- bilateralInvolving two parties
exogamy · endogamy · moiety · totem · classificatory · godparent
- connectionslink, links, connect, connection, tie
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- Friendshipbest friend, bestie, BFF, buddy, pal
- Clan & Kinshiplineage, ancestry, bloodlines, blood ties, extended family
- Family Heritagesurnames, lineage, ancestral lineage, ancestral records, family trees
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
kinshipestrangement
Emotional separation between people
alienation · isolation · disconnection · separation · distance
kinshipincompatibility
Unable to function together
dissimilarity · difference · incongruity · incongruence · incongruousness
- kinship terminologyWords designating family relations
- spiritual kinshipNonphysical closeness between people
- kinship tiesBonds linking relatives together
- kinship groupRelatives as collective unit
- kinship careRelatives raising displaced children