kinship

human relationship term; web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of most humans in most societies; form of social connection
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kinship

Summary

kinship ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,143 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • kinship is a type of interpersonal relationship[2].
  • kinship's Commons category is recorded as Kinship[3].
  • kinship's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kinship and descent[4].
  • kinship's including is recorded as consanguinity[5].
  • kinship's including is recorded as in-law family[6].
  • kinship's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[7].
  • kinship's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • kinship's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • kinship's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • kinship's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • kinship's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[12].
  • kinship's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[13].
  • kinship's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • kinship's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • kinship's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[16].
  • kinship's topic has template is recorded as Q124650539[17].
  • kinship's has characteristic is recorded as degree of kinship[18].
  • kinship's has characteristic is recorded as kinship relation[19].
  • kinship's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1038[20].
  • kinship's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1039[21].
  • kinship's main Wikidata property is recorded as P53[22].
  • kinship's different from is recorded as relative[23].
  • kinship's properties for this type is recorded as P4316[24].
  • kinship's properties for this type is recorded as P4500[25].
  • kinship's exact match is recorded as https://w3id.org/italia/onto/CPCO/ParentalRelationshipType[26].

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Definition and Type

kinship is a type of interpersonal relationship[2].

Why It Matters

kinship ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,143 views/month).[1] kinship has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] kinship is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Properties for this type P4316, P4500
    Different from relative
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 3512762
    Including consanguinity, in-law family
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 406, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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