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   * Everyone who has ever lived was already part of a larger social order, and had ties to other people when they were born.   * Everyone who has ever lived was already part of a larger social order, and had ties to other people when they were born.
-    * Children are dependent on adults and need to have an intensive relationship with adults.+    * Children are dependent on adults and need to have an intensive relationship with adults over many years.
     * There are no societies in which some form of kinship is not recognized.     * There are no societies in which some form of kinship is not recognized.
   * In each society and in every community, people organize kinship relationships differently, and each society assigns different degrees of importance to these ties.   * In each society and in every community, people organize kinship relationships differently, and each society assigns different degrees of importance to these ties.
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     * Imagine what your own family looks like from another culture’s perspective: What’s it like to live in a multiple-parent household, //hmm//?     * Imagine what your own family looks like from another culture’s perspective: What’s it like to live in a multiple-parent household, //hmm//?
  
-===== Two systems of categories compared =====+===== Kinship is a system of categories =====
  
 Compare these two different languages and their words for relatives ({{:auhelawa-english-kin-terms.pdf|PDF version}}): Compare these two different languages and their words for relatives ({{:auhelawa-english-kin-terms.pdf|PDF version}}):
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 ===== What is a cousin? ===== ===== What is a cousin? =====
  
-In English, several different people in different genealogical positions are called cousin. In Auhelawa, terms exist to make a very specific distinction among these people ({{:cousin-cross-cousin.pdf|PDF version}}):+In English, several different people in different genealogical positions are called //cousin//. In Auhelawa, terms exist to make a very specific distinction among these people ({{:cousin-cross-cousin.pdf|PDF version}}):
  
 {{:cousin-cross-cousin.jpg|An analysis of the range of the English word cousin compared to the several precise terms used in Auhelawa for the same people.}} {{:cousin-cross-cousin.jpg|An analysis of the range of the English word cousin compared to the several precise terms used in Auhelawa for the same people.}}
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 The distinctions made in Auhelawa are not unique. Many other languages make the same distinctions. The distinctions made in Auhelawa are not unique. Many other languages make the same distinctions.
  
-  * Children of cross-sex siblings (M–F, F–M) are //cross-cousins//. +  * Children of cross-sex siblings (M–F, F–M) are **cross-cousins**. Cross-cousins are called //nibai// in Auhelawa 
-  * Children of same-sex siblings (F–F, M–M) are //parallel cousins//.+  * Children of same-sex siblings (F–F, M–M) are **parallel cousins**. In Auhelawa, parallel cousins are in the same category as children of one's parents, or siblings (//tahi//, //tuwa//, //nuhu//, or //gelu// as a cover term). 
  
 ===== Categories of kin, groups of people, structures of societies ===== ===== Categories of kin, groups of people, structures of societies =====
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