In law and in cultural anthropology, affinity, as distinguished from consanguinity, is kinship by marriage. It is the relation which each party to a marriage bears to the kindred of the other. In English, affinity is usually signified by adding "-in-law" to the degree of kinship. In addition to kinship by marriage, "affinity" can sometimes also include kinship by adoption.

See also

• Affinity (canon law)
• Consanguinity
• Kinship

References

• See Affinity (In the Bible) an article from the Catholic Encyclopedia

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