Hawaiian kinship (also referred to as the
Generational system) is a kinship system used to define
familyFamily denotes a group of people or animals affiliated by a consanguinity, affinity or co-residence...
. Identified by Louis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work
Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Hawaiian system is one of the six major kinship systems (
EskimoEskimo kinship is a concept of kinship used to define family in anthropology. Identified by Lewis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Eskimo system was one of six major kinship systems .-Kinship system:The Eskimo system places no...
, Hawaiian,
IroquoisIroquois kinship is a kinship system used to define family. Identified by Louis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Iroquois system is one of the six major kinship systems .-Kinship system:The system has both classificatory and...
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CrowCrow kinship is a kinship system used to define family. Identified by Louis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Crow system is one of the six major kinship systems .-Kinship system:The system is somewhat similar to the Iroquois system, but...
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OmahaOmaha kinship is a kinship system used to define family. Identified by Louis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Omaha system is one of the six major kinship systems .-Kinship system:In function, the system is extremely similar to the Crow...
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SudaneseSudanese kinship is a kinship system used to define family. Identified by Louis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Sudanese system is one of the six major kinship systems .The Sudanese kinship system is the most complicated...
).
Within common typologies, the Hawaiian system is the simplest classificatory system of
kinshipKinship is a relationship between any entities that share a genealogical origin, through either biological, cultural, or historical descent. In anthropology the kinship system includes people related both by descent and marriage, while usage in biology includes descent and mating...
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Hawaiian kinship (also referred to as the
Generational system) is a kinship system used to define
familyFamily denotes a group of people or animals affiliated by a consanguinity, affinity or co-residence...
. Identified by Louis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work
Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Hawaiian system is one of the six major kinship systems (
EskimoEskimo kinship is a concept of kinship used to define family in anthropology. Identified by Lewis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Eskimo system was one of six major kinship systems .-Kinship system:The Eskimo system places no...
, Hawaiian,
IroquoisIroquois kinship is a kinship system used to define family. Identified by Louis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Iroquois system is one of the six major kinship systems .-Kinship system:The system has both classificatory and...
,
CrowCrow kinship is a kinship system used to define family. Identified by Louis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Crow system is one of the six major kinship systems .-Kinship system:The system is somewhat similar to the Iroquois system, but...
,
OmahaOmaha kinship is a kinship system used to define family. Identified by Louis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Omaha system is one of the six major kinship systems .-Kinship system:In function, the system is extremely similar to the Crow...
, and
SudaneseSudanese kinship is a kinship system used to define family. Identified by Louis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Sudanese system is one of the six major kinship systems .The Sudanese kinship system is the most complicated...
).
Kinship system
Within common typologies, the Hawaiian system is the simplest classificatory system of
kinshipKinship is a relationship between any entities that share a genealogical origin, through either biological, cultural, or historical descent. In anthropology the kinship system includes people related both by descent and marriage, while usage in biology includes descent and mating...
. In it, differences are distinguished by generation and by gender. There is a parental generation and a generation of children. In this system, a person (called Ego in anthropology) refers to all females of his parent's generation as "Mother" and all of the males as "Father". In the generation of children, all brothers and male cousins are referred to as "Brother", all sisters and female cousins as "Sister".
The Hawaiian system is usually associated with
ambilineal descentAmbilineality is a system of determining descent groups in which one belongs to one's father's or mother's lineage. Unlike unilineal descent, ambilineality allows the individual the option of choosing their own lineage....
groups.
Usage
The Hawaiian system is named for the pre-contact kinship system of peoples in the
Hawaiian IslandsHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states, and is the only state made up entirely of islands. It is located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia. The state was admitted to the Union on August...
. Use of the Hawaiian system is now most common in Malayo-Polynesian-speaking areas.
This form of kinship is most common in societies with ambilineal descent groups where economic production and child-rearing are shared.
See also
- Family
Family denotes a group of people or animals affiliated by a consanguinity, affinity or co-residence...
- Kinship and descent
- Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of human beings, everywhere and throughout time....
- List of anthropologists
- Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states, and is the only state made up entirely of islands. It is located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia. The state was admitted to the Union on August...
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