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Morgan makes the systems of nomenclature proofs of the existence of the Consanguine and Punaluan families.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

Again, “the change of relationships which resulted from substituting Punaluan in the place of Consanguine marriage turns the Malayan into the Turanian system.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

Consanguine, kon-sang′gwin, adj. related by blood: of the same family or descent—also Consanguin′eous.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

The Consanguine Family is the first step toward the family.

From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich

Thus, setting moral reform aside as inconceivable, we cannot understand how the Consanguine families ever broke up.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various