Kinship analysis is any analysis that deals with
kinship. Such analyses are used in many different disciplines of research, where analysis is conducted in different ways.
*In
anthropology
Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...
, kinship analysis is normally either the analysis of social practices related to
kinship, or the analysis of systems of
kinship terminology in different cultures.
*In
forensics, kinship analysis is used about forms of
genetic profiling aimed at discovering possible
genealogical
Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kin ...
relations between individuals based on DNA samples.
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