teknonymy
kinship
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Teknonymy is a custom where parents are named after their children. This practice is described as "teknonymous".12
In anthropology, kinship terminology refers to the system of names used for relatives. These systems can be classificatory, where different relatives share the same term (e.g., father and father's brother), or descriptive, where each relative has a distinct term. The study of kinship terminology, pioneered by Lewis Henry Morgan, helps understand social structures and relationships within societies.3
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