[page 58] Chart 2. Basic Pattern of the Korean Kinship System [page 59] Degrees of relationship do not change whether those involved are male of female. However, in the case of a female, her relationship to her relatives is determined solely by the husband’s position of her spouse. It should be made clear that even though the kinship system is basically patrilineal, there is more than one set of relatives for each individual. In addition to descent from the father, every individual is related to members of his patrilineal lineage; and each male is related to his mother’s wife’s natal consanguine family. These two are temporary, and differ therefore from the patrilineal lineage group which is permanent and the most important of all. Accordingly, as shown in the Chart relationship to members of his generation are of the 2,ego’s second, fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth degrees. His relationship to his generation is of the first, father’s third, fifth,seventh and ninth degrees. The former set of relationship degrees, except the second, exists between ego and the members of his generation, and the latter set, except the first, exists grandfather’s between ego ad members of his generation. son’s
[page 58] Chart 2. Basic Pattern of the Korean Kinship System [page 59] Degrees of relationship do not change whether those involved are male of female. However, in the case of a female, her relationship to her husband’s relatives is determined solely by the position of her spouse. It should be made clear that even though the kinship system is basically patrilineal, there is more than one set of relatives for each individual. In addition to descent from the father, every individual is related to members of his mother’s patrilineal lineage; and each male is related to his wife’s natal consanguine family. These two are temporary, and differ therefore from the patrilineal lineage group which is permanent and the most important of all. Accordingly, as shown in the Chart 2,ego’s relationship to members of his generation are of the second, fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth degrees. His relationship to his father’s generation is of the first, third, fifth,seventh and ninth degrees. The former set of relationship degrees, except the second, exists between ego and the members of his grandfather’s generation, and the latter set, except the first, exists between ego ad members of his son’s generation.
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