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This essay attempts a review of the more readily available data on the terminologies in use, among the natives of the Philippine Islands, for relatives by blood and marriage; an analysis of these data with a view to the determination of the Filipino system of kinship designation at a former period; the lines of growth of this system and their affect ing causes; the relation of the system to contemporary institutions and cultural phases; and methodological inferences. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
