Note 569 — Chapter VI · [168] DISCUSSION OF KINSHIP

See loc. cit., pp. 83 sqq. It is difficult to pick out any one clear statement to show that the author identifies kinship with consanguinity. But a glance at the pages quoted is enough to prove this. I quote a phrase from the table of contents: "The most ancient system in which the idea of blood relationship was embodied was a system of kinship through females only." (The italics are mine.)