Consanguinity (from Latin consanguinitas 'blood relationship') is the characteristic of having a kinship with a relative who is descended from a common...

{1}{2}}\right)^{4}} ; their consanguinity is one-eighth. For each additional removal of the cousin relationship, consanguinity is reduced by half, as the...

Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family is an 1871 book written by Lewis Henry Morgan (1818 - 1881) and published by the Smithsonian...

Cousin marriage is a form of consanguinity (marriages among couples who are related as second cousins or closer). In many nations in the Middle East,...

development. In a social perspective, the observed inclination to practice consanguinity has been due to advantages to social and financial status. Upholding...

In law, a prohibited degree of kinship refers to a degree of consanguinity (blood relatedness), or sometimes affinity (relation by marriage or sexual...

recessive traits resulting from incestuous sexual relationships and consanguinity. Animals avoid inbreeding only rarely. Inbreeding results in homozygosity...

The coefficient of relationship is a measure of the degree of consanguinity (or biological relationship) between two individuals. The term coefficient...

kinship by adoption or a step relationship. Unlike blood relationships (consanguinity), which may have genetic consequences, affinity is essentially a social...

world to do so. The laws of many jurisdictions set out the degree of consanguinity prohibited among sexual relations and marriage parties. Supporters of...