Collateral (kinship)
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Collateral is a term used in
lineal descent: those related directly by a line of descent such as the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc. of an individual. Though both forms are consanguineal (blood relations), collaterals are neither ancestors nor descendants of a given person.[3] In legal terminology, 'Collateral descendant' refers to relatives descended from a sibling of an ancestor, and thus a niece, nephew, or cousin.[4]
See also
- Lineal descent
- Bilateral descent
- Kinship
- Genealogy
- Rota system (collateral succession)
- Agnatic seniority
References
- ^ "72-11-102. Types of kinship – lineal and collateral".
- ^ Michael Rhum. (1997), 'collaterals' in T. Barfields (ed.), The Dictionary of Anthropology, Malden MA: Blackwell Publishing, p.69
- ^ Alan Barnard and Jonathan Spencer. (2002), 'collateral', Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology, London: Routledge, p.598
- ^ "Collateral descendant". law.com Law Dictionary. Retrieved 5 February 2012.