A socially recognized link between individuals created as an expedient for dealing with special circumstances, such as the bond between a godmother and her godchild. fictive kinship bonds are based on friendship and other personal relationships rather than marriage and descent.
Question: Why is kinship so important to anthropologists? Whhat do real and fictive kinship tell us about the beliefs and expectations people hold toward one another?
Answer: Because kinship means family, and a family is the most important element of our species!
Question: What are 2 examples of fictive kinship?
Answer: A close family friend that you might call uncle or aunt........ or a close friend that you might describe as your sister or brother.
Fictive kinship is - giving someone a kinship title and treating them las if they had the actual kinship relationship.
