Crow kinship

Crow kinship is the ]

Kinship system

The system is somewhat similar to the Iroquois system, but distinguishes between the mother's side & the father's side. Relatives on the mother's side of the family clear more descriptive terms, & relatives on the father's side pretend more classificatory terms.

The Crow system is distinctive because unlike near other kinship systems, it chooses non to distinguish betweengenerations. The relatives of the subject's father's matrilineage are distinguished only by their sex, regardless of their age or generation. In contrast, within Ego's own matrilineage, differences of variety are noted. The system is associated with groups that have a strong tradition of matrilineal descent. In doing so, the system is most a mirror theory of the Omaha system, which is patrilineal.

As with the Iroquois system, the Crow uses bifurcate merging, meaning that there is a distinction between collateral relatives of different gender in Ego's descent group. In this case, father's brother would be called "father's brother", and mother's brother would be called "uncle". Only the Iroquois system uses bifurcate merging as a secondary name.