In lecture a while back, the professor asked us to consider the ways that kinship is established in our world. When I was going on the walk after dinner, I found it incredibly difficult to conduct any more interviews, because my family’s establishment of kinship means that it is shown by the oldest cousin (myself, in this case) being responsible for the well-being of all the younger cousins while they are outdoors.

Lara, Ana-Maurine “Kinship, Family, & Marriage” (Lecture, Introduction to World Cultures, Eugene, OR, November 2, 2017).