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kinship In anthropology, kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of all humans in all societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often debated. Anthropologist Robin Fox says that ...

and

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

. Kin or KIN may also refer to:

Culture and religion

Otherkin Otherkin are a subculture of people who identify as not entirely human. Some otherkin believe their identity derives from reincarnation, a non-human soul, ancestry, symbolism, or metaphor. Others attribute it to unusual psychology and do not h ...

, people who identify as not entirely human *

Kinism Kinism is a white nationalist interpretation of Christianity. The ideology is a "movement of anti-immigrant, ' Southern heritage' separatists who splintered off from Christian Reconstructionism to advocate the belief that God's intended order is 'l ...

, a white supremacist religious movement *

Kinh The Vietnamese people ( vi, người Việt, lit=Viet people) or Kinh people ( vi, người Kinh) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to modern-day Northern Vietnam and Southern China (Jing Islands, Dongxing, Guangxi). The native lang ...

, the majority ethnic group of Vietnam

Places

* Kin empires and dynasties of China, now romanized as ''Jin'' *

Kin, Okinawa is a town located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. In October 2016, the town had an estimated population of 11,259 and a density of 300 persons per km2. The total area of Kin is . 59% of the land area of Kin remains under contro ...

, a town in Okinawa, Japan * Kin, Pakistan, a village along the Indus in Pakistan *

Kin, Ye Kin is a village in Ye Township in Mawlamyine District in the Mon State of south-east Myanmar. It is located on the right bank (northern side) of the Ye River The Ye River is a river of Burma. It has its source in the Tenasserim Hills and drains ...

, a village in Ye Township, Myanmar * Kin, Mogok, a village in

Mogok Township Mogok Township is a township of Thabeikkyin District in Mandalay Region, Burma (Myanmar). It is located north of the city of Mandalay and surrounds the town of Mogok. Demographics 2014 The 2014 Myanmar Census reported that Kutkai Township had ...

, Myanmar

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

* ''Kin'' (iamamiwhoami album), 2012 * ''KIN'' (KT Tunstall album), 2016 * ''Kin'' (Pat Metheny album), 2014 * ''Kin'' (Mogwai album), 2018 * ''Kin'' (Xentrix album), 1992 * ''Kin'' (Whitechapel album), 2021

Film

* ''Kin'', a 2000 South African-British film by

Elaine Proctor Elaine Proctor (born 1960) is a South African film director, screenwriter, novelist, and actress. Her film ''Friends (1993 film), Friends'' was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or Special Distinction. Proct ...

* ''Kin'' (film), a 2018 American science fiction film

Television

* "Kin" (''Justified''), a 2013 episode * "Kin" (''The Last of Us''), a 2023 episode * ''Kin'' (Irish TV series), crime drama set in Dublin * ''Kin'' (Singaporean TV series), a Singaporean TV drama series

Other arts, entertainment, and media

The Kin ''The Wheel of Time'' is a series of high fantasy novels by American author Robert Jordan, with Brandon Sanderson as a co-author for the final three novels. Originally planned as a six-book series, ''The Wheel of Time'' spans 14 volumes, in a ...

, a group of women in the novel series ''The Wheel of Time'' * ''Kin'' (comics), a 2000 comic-book limited series by Gary Frank * "Kin" (short story), a 2006 short story by Bruce McAllister

Organizations

Kin Canada Kin Canada (formerly the Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs of Canada) is a secular Canadian non-profit service organization that promotes service, fellowship, positive values, and national pride. Kin Canada is an organization whose members comprise K ...

, a Canadian non-profit service organization *

Kids In Need Foundation The Kids In Need Foundation is an American national 501(c)(3) charity that believes every child in America should have equal opportunity and access to a quality education. By partnering with teachers and students in under-resourced schools, Kids ...

or KIN

Transportation

Kingston Railroad Station (Rhode Island) Kingston is a historic railroad station located on the Northeast Corridor in the village of West Kingston, in the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island. It was built at this location in 1875 by the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad, repla ...

's Amtrak station code, KIN *

Norman Manley International Airport Norman Manley International Airport , formerly Palisadoes Airport, is an international airport serving Kingston, Jamaica and is located south of the island away from the centre of New Kingston. It is the second busiest airport in the country ...

's IATA Code, KIN

Other uses

KIN (gene) DNA/RNA-binding protein KIN17 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''KIN'' gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a nuclear protein that forms intranuclear foci during proliferation and is redistributed in the nucleoplasm during the c ...

, a gene for a DNA/RNA binding protein *

Kin (mass) Traditional Japanese units of measurement or the shakkanhō (, "''shaku–kan'' system") is the traditional system of measurement used by the people of the Japanese archipelago. It is largely based on the Chinese system, which spread to Japan and ...

, a Japanese unit of mass * Kin, a cryptocurrency token by

Kik Interactive Kik Messenger, commonly called Kik, is a freeware instant messaging mobile app from the Canadian company Kik Interactive, available on iOS and Android operating systems. The application uses a smartphone's internet connection to transmit and re ...

Kinyarwanda Kinyarwanda, Rwandan or Rwanda, officially known as Ikinyarwanda, is a Bantu language and a dialect of the Rwanda-Rundi language that is spoken in Rwanda and adjacent parts of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda (where there ...

language's ISO 639 code, KIN * Kin or ''rin'', a Japanese

standing bell A standing bell or resting bell is an inverted bell, supported from below with the rim uppermost. Such bells are normally bowl-shaped, and exist in a wide range of sizes, from a few centimetres to a metre in diameter. They are often played by st ...

* K'in, a day in the Maya Calendar *

Microsoft Kin Kin was a short-lived mobile phone line from Microsoft designed for users of social networking. The phones, aimed at people between ages 15 and 30, were manufactured by Sharp Corporation and sold through Verizon Wireless. Microsoft invested two ye ...

, a family of social networking phones developed by Microsoft