There are two types of discourse referred to here as constituting the kinship system.
One of these has been the history and evolution of early human kinship systems.
The kinship system of the Goshute was not complex.
I am related, according to the social kinship system of my tribe, with everyone in it.
Almost nothing is known about their kinship systems, life cycle, or marriage customs.
The social identity of the children was strongly determined by the tribe's kinship system.
The Pintupi have a complex kinship system, with eight different skin groups.
One possible way of finding a master order was to rate all the positions in a kinship system along several dimensions.
Respect and avoidance relationships are critical to the kinship system.
The kinship systems is matrilineal; descent and inheritance are passed through the mother's lines.