parallel cousin unions in some cultures would fall under an incest taboo, since parallel cousins are part of the subject's unilineage whereas cross-cousins...

parallel first cousin relationship exists when both the subject and relative are maternal cousins, or both are paternal cousins. Cross cousins are descendants...

cross-cousins and "siblings" that include real siblings and parallel cousins. Consequently, cross-cousin marriage can be a normal form of marriage in a society...

distinguishes between parallel and cross-cousins. While parallel cousins are merged by term and addressed the same as Ego's siblings, cross-cousins are differentiated...

modern norms and rituals. Nevertheless, in cities, inter-marriages do occur, although they are rare" (Vines, 1973). Parallel and cross-cousins are potential...

However, the Hui Na family in Ningxia is known to practice both parallel and cross cousin marriage. The Najiahu village in Ningxia is named after this family...

parallel cousins, are referred to by sibling kinship terms. The children of Aunts or Uncles, i.e. cross cousins, are not considered siblings, and are...

endogamous, practicing both parallel and cross-cousin marriages. On rare occasions, marriages do take place with the Babi Pathans and or with the Malik communities...

Cousin marriage is a form of consanguinity (marriages among couples who are related as second cousins or closer). While consanguinity is not unique to...

first cousins. North Carolina allows first cousin marriage as long as the applicants for marriage are not rare double first cousins, meaning cousins through...

and repeatedly risks his "life" to save the Collins family from catastrophe. In the 1991 NBC revival version of Dark Shadows, British actor Ben Cross...

children (siblings and parallel cousins), but is allowed/encouraged to marry every other relative of the same generation (cross-cousins). Additionally, the...

common kinship system in which an individual's family membership derives from and is recorded through their father's lineage. It generally involves the inheritance...

encouraged. There is a clear distinction between cross cousins, who are one's true cousins and parallel cousins, who are, in fact, siblings. Like Iroquois people...

Study of Unilateral Cross-Cousin Marriage Rodney Needham, Structure and Sentiment: A Test Case in Social Anthropology Arthur P. Wolf and William H. Durham...

any combination of male and female links, or a system of bilateral kinship where relations are traced through both a father and mother. Such relatives...

all brothers and male cousins are referred to as "Brother", and all sisters and female cousins as "Sister". In this way, a cross-cousin will be referred...

over time, Wamesa has lost and collapsed distinctions such as mother's vs. father's side, sex, and parallel vs. cross-cousins. Wamesa does distinguish based...

groups (the wife's family or clan and the husband's) and preserves the contract between the two to provide children and continue the alliance. The Inuit...

inbreeding increases the risk of "neonatal and postneonatal mortality." In French populations, the children of first cousins develop cystinosis at a greater rate...

positive, serve as protection for the widow and her children, ensuring that they have a male provider and protector. Levirate marriage can be a positive...

cross-culturally. New York: Monthly Review Press. Hrdy, S. B. 2009. Mothers and others. The evolutionary origins of mutual understanding. London and Cambridge...

Imperial Spanish Flags in Peru (and Elsewhere)?". Americas Quarterly. Retrieved 4 March 2025. "The Canterbury Cross". T & B Cousins & Sons. 2009. Archived from...

half-sibling, related by 12.5%. In some cultures and family traditions, it is common to refer to cousins with one or more removals to a newer generation...

All children of these individuals are lumped together regardless of sex (cousins). Unlike the Hawaiian system, Ego's parents are clearly distinguished from...

2003). "Division of labor by gender and postmarital residence in cross-cultural perspective: a reconsideration". Cross-Cultural Research. 37 (4). SAGE: 335–372...

wife’s parent or child is one, and to an aunt or niece it is three, and first cousin it is four. Though adoption and step relationships are cases of...

genetically equivalent to their friends as they are their fourth cousins. In the biological and animal behavioural sciences, the term "kinship" has a different...

moieties), and Indonesia. The word moiety comes from Latin medietat-, meaning 'a half', through Anglo-Norman moité. Tooker, Elizabeth (1971). "Clans and moieties...

patrilinear and matrilinear uncles but not aunts, while making no distinctions between first cousins but giving a separate term for second cousins. Further...