Talk:Parallel cousin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Parallel cousin article.
Please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~). Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic. New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Ask questions, get answers. This is not a forum for general discussion about the article's subject.	Be polite Assume good faith No personal attacks Be welcoming	Article policies No original research Neutral point of view Verifiability

[edit] History of kinship terminology

The use of "cousin" to refer to people classified as "sibling" by many people reflects the (culture bound) theoretical assumptions of the people who developed kin terminology. It would be useful to have a short note concerning the origin of this terminology. jha 18:13, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Definition

In a patrilineal culture (such as the Omaha system), cross cousins are the subject's father's sister's children. In a matrilineality (such as the Crow system), cross cousins are the subject's mother's brother's children. These are synonymous, just two ways of viewing the same relationship. If A is B's father's sister's child, then B is A's mother's brother's child. I'm removing that line. Nik42 22:35, 7 May 2007 (UTC)