Dalmatians - Kinship



Kin Groups and Descent. There is regional differentiation in kinship because Dalmatia has been a meeting ground between the tribal Balkan kin-group types and the Western form of nuclear family organization. Because of this intermediacy, residential kin groups in the hinterland villages are still three-generational while the urban families are often nuclear. Descent is traced bilaterally, but patrilaterality is stressed in some regions. Fictive kinship through godparenthood ( kumstvo ) is significant in some regions.

Kinship Terminology. Kinship terms follow the Indo-European pattern with some stress on patrilineality.


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