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Sociology of Kinship

Notes (a) Patriarchal Families: In these families the authority remains in the hands of father and
men. They regulate the family.
(b) Matriarchal Families: In these type of families, the authrity vests in mother or women and
they regulate the family, just opposite to Patriarchy. Sometimes a man can do this on her
behalf. At some places these rights are actual while at other places they are just formalities.
This type of families are found in Nayyar, Garo, Khasi tribes in India.

Describe the type of family in India.

(IV) On the Basis of Succession
Posts can also be transfered to the descendants from father to son or mother to daughter just like
authority. There are two types of families on this basis—
(a) Patrilateral Family: In these families rules of succession are determined on the basis of
father side.
(b) Matrilateral Family: In these families rules of succession are determined on the basis of
mother side.

(V) On the basis of Lineage

Families are classified on the basis of lineage also. The rules of lineage relates a person to some
specific group since birth.
(a) Patrilineal Family: In these type of families lineage and progeny go on the name of father.
Son get lineage from their father. Hindu family based on Patrilineal family.
(b) Matrilateral Families: In these type of families lineage go on the name of mother and
daughters get lineage from their mother. This system is found in Nayyar of Malabar.
(c) Common Family Clanage: In some families clanage name does not depend on lineage but
depends on all the close relations equally. In this type of societies both maternal and pater-
nal family clanage runs simultaneously. In common families a person is equally related to
paternal and maternal grand parents.
(d) Two Surname Family: In this family a person is related to his, paternal and grand parents,
this is a kind of common family system.

(VI) On the Basis of Marriage System
On the basis of marriage type of the society we can divide families into two parts. Firstly, One
marriage family or monogamous and secondly multimarriage family or polygamous. These
have subdivisions which are not described here.
(a) Monogamous Family: One marriage family form by one man and one woman. In this, man
wife and their unmarriaged children live. In monogamous family at one times, a man can
get married to one woman, but after death of man, wife can marry again and after death of
wife, husband can marry again.
(b) Polygynous Family: In these families, multiple life partners are allowed at a time.
(i) Polygynous Family/Wife: One man is allowed to marry more then one partners at a
time. Such families can be found in India in Muslims, Naga, Bega and Gond tribes.
They have such tradition.

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