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What is fictive kinship?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Contrast consanguineal and affinal kinships ties.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: It is a kinship term used for individuals who are not related by blood or marriage but are considered part of the functioning family.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: Consanguineal relatives are those related by blood; affinal relatives are those related by marriage.



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