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Re: Kinship systems

From:Joseph Bridwell <zhosh@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 6, 2005, 15:46
> > Thule: > [...] > > 03. same age sibling, child of same mother > > Wouldn't that necessarily be a "twin"?
Do you mean identical? or fraternal? Thule don't birth identical twins. They occassionally birth fraternal twins, but usually they birth in litters of 3 to 5. I'd not considered it, but I suppose they might have a special term for a single child born with no litter mates.