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Kinship Extra Credit Assignment
Kinship Extra Credit Assignment
Cultural Anthropology
Professor Meeker
05/02/23
Kinship Chart
estrangements that happened between my nuclear family and extended family, my family unit of
5 is now living in a country separate from the country we were all born in, the
Philippines—which is also the country that houses almost my entire extended family from my
father and mother’s side. The nuclear unit consists of my father, my mother, my sister, my cat,
and me; Brooklyn is our home. An accompanying and important piece to this tight unit is my
mother’s sister—my aunt, who lives in Maryland. The unit is so small because I struggle with
opening up my family circle, though my parents readily consider their close friends family—and
in my head, the only people I can truly rely on are meticulously chosen and often held an arm’s
length apart due to lack of trust. My father’s uncle and aunt live nearby us, and although they are
technically my grandparents, I call them “uncle” and “aunt,” and their son, who although is my
actual uncle, I call a “brother”. They are the only extended family I have in the state of New
York, and I consider them trustworthy due to their continuous support of my parents. My
personal addition to the tree is my best friend Aubrey, who also happens to be extremely close to
my younger sister. We are meshed together very closely in friendship and in my family tree, he is
a branch as close to me as my own limbs. This is my most personal idea of family, excluding
Key M: Mother
Ego: ★ Z: Sister
Male: △ B: Brother
Female: 〇 D: Daughter
Pet: ° H: Husband
V: Family Friend
Ties
= : Marriage Tie
— : Unmarried Tie
✝ : Adoption Tie