In this video, we explore the seven major kinship systems found around the world, ... How 7 Cultures Structure Their Family Trees. Posted: June 9, 2025 | Last updated: June 13, 2025.

But what counts as “family” is an open question—and one that progressives have a stake in fighting over. Indeed, the changes in American kinship have created expanded possibilities for ...

Goldfarb: The term ‘kinship’ is fairly academic and is taken to mean the systematic level of family relationships. In the old anthropology literature, it was about trying to discern what sort of ...

On average about 10 children and youth will go into Colorado's foster care system every day. Many of those children will find homes with family members, which is called kinship care. As part of ...

Chloe Lundabolt, a program coordinator with the nonprofit Impact NW, says often people who care for children who are a part of the family don’t have access to the same supports as people who take ...

After two documentaries exploring her own story as an adopted child, filmmaker Deann Liem continues her exploration of heritage with Geographies in Kinship: The Korean Adoption Story (MuFilms, 2012).

Child welfare agencies in Maryland and throughout the U.S. have long recognized that children who enter the foster care system usually benefit from placement within their family of origin whenever ...