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From: WJFREEMAN <>
Subject: [GM] Re: Kinship
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:42:23 -0700
References: <200210061953.g96JrJ008080@askin-17.linkpendium.com>


> > >At 09:56 AM 1/10/02 -0700, Lewis Browder wrote:
> > >
> > > >A note to ask: Is anyone out there deeply interested in kinship
> > > >methods and details?
> >
> > Yes, in studies based on mathematical, probabilistic kinship - not
> > the "degrees of consanguinity" under the civil and canon laws. I
> > have nothing much to contribute (having worked out some relationships
> > that others have probably studied many times) but would enjoy other
> > people's findings and speculations.
> >
> > (PROF A. R. Whitaker {FEC FAC})
>
> But, is not mathematical, probabilistic kinship a function of Civil
> "degrees of consanguinity" which is equal to generation away from a
> common ancestor?
>
> Lewis B.


For what it is worth, there is an excellent website on the net by a
Professor Brian Schwimmer at the University of Manitoba in Canada at

Kinship Tutorial, Main Menu

which in tutorial format covers a lot of ground with respect to
consanguinity. It is worth some study if you are interested in this
area. I never knew that having a family connection could be so rich
in nomenclature or that it was a field of study in anthropology.
Silly me. Professor Whitaker this is probably far beneath you, but
perhaps others may have an interest in taking a look.

Walter Freeman



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