Fictive Kin Research Paper

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Fictive Kin There are many ways that people define who is considered in their kinship. One way people see kinship is by blood. People who you are related to but that doesn't alway have to be the case. Other people find kinship with friends because they need a family or they just became family. Kinship is considered something different in all cultures. Barí tribe of Venezuela consider that having more than one father is okay because it give the child more chances to survive for a longer period of time ( Small, How Many Fathers are Best?). Fictive kinship is anyone who you consider family that isn't related to you by marriage or blood. Many days now kins are changing because divorce is at a higher rate and families are becoming blended (Stone, Marriage and family). In my observational study, I want to see what the relationship between fictive kinship and and how they come about. In some ways I think we all have fictive kin. Fictive kin's are there for you when your other kins aren't. Wyatt …show more content…

It gave them a sense that they could be apart of something that they could be trusted with. It gives them a sense of hope when they are unable to come out to their kin. This fictive kin means the world to these people because they can be who they are without being questioned. This queerness is what brings them together to become friends but also for them to feel like family. In Hannah’s fictive kin they don't have any gendered roles that the people in their kin followed. Everyone helped out each other like paying for food or water so the other could have something to eat or drink so they didn't starve. In their own little ways they take care of each other in a small economic way like parents do. These are kind of how Amma provides for her family even though it goes outside of gender roles in their kinship (Fluekiger, In Amma’s Healing

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