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degree of kinship |
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degree of kinship n. the level of relationship between two persons related by blood, such as parent to child, one sibling to another, grandparent to grandchild or uncle to nephew, first cousins, etc. This may become important when determining the heirs of an estate when there is no will. (See: descent) |
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Scientists have mused that inbreeding might also create an extraordinary degree of kinship among the two species of mole-rats that live in supersocial colonies. Her assumption (for example) that Jacob's marriage, falling as it does at exactly the right degree of kinship, "should offer the ideal model for the people of Israel," rather than involving Jacob in yet another relationship of deceit, competition, and conflict with his father-in-law, seems to hope for anthropology to override personality. |
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