Matrilineal Extended Family

 

                        fathers (fa mo)                     elder brothers -mothers (mo)

Δ                   Δ     Ο

                             fathers (fa mo)               father  mother       elder brothers (mo)  mothers (mo)

Δ                      Δ = Ο           Δ         Ο

                 fathers (fr mo)                                  you       elder and younger brothers sisters (mo)

  Δ    Δ                       you   Ο  Δ                Δ   Ο

                                         fathers (fr mo)                     younger brothers  younger sisters (mo)      sons and daughters (for husband's wife's side)

Δ   Δ                                Δ  Ο                          Δ  Ο

Crow Kinship - reflective of the Apsáalooke family

 

Eskimo Kinship

Hawaiian Kinship

 

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