One of the key questions attempted to be answered in the familial studies is whether the lifelong disease prevalence rates in the first degree relatives of bipolar disorder patients varied according to the
degree of kinship or not.
The amount could start from RO 10 to RO 20 and RO 50 and more according to the means of the well-wisher and the
degree of kinship.
These included a promise not to marry closer than the third
degree of kinship or to wed during certain solemn seasons of the church year.
These are his brothers and sisters and their descendants, the brothers and sisters of his father and mother and their descendants, and a much greater number of collateral relatives descended from common ancestors still more remote, but who are nearer in
degree of kinship to him than other individuals at large.
The weight of an edge can be quantified in a variety of ways such as the
degree of kinship in a family tree; co-authorship in a scientific collaboration network; and the frequency of phone calls, text messages or e-mails exchanged in a communication network.