Introduction

"Where shall I begin, please Your Majesty?" he asked. "Begin at the beginning," the King said, gravely...
               Lewis Carroll, Alice In Wonderland

Robert Frost said, "Home is the place; when you go there, they have to take you in." But home may have many different meanings. To some people it may mean a particular house or town, while to others, home may be a spiritual ideal carried from place to place as if it were an ethereal appendage. One thing is for certain—home, whether concrete or abstract, is always inhabited by relatives; our kin, blood of our blood.

1●Kinship

... One touch of nature makes the whole world kin....
                                                           Shakespeare

Why does kinship matter?

Kinship, degrees, removed! Are you confused, perplexed, or bored when it comes to determining how close your relatives are? And if it's all that confusing, forget it—who cares?