I believe that it is important to know and understand our family and kinship. As anthropologist we cannot understand other people and their cultures if we do not understand our own. To do that it starts with our ancestors and family history. Since society is constantly changing we as anthropologist have to start from the beginning to understand how cultures get to the point that they are now. By knowing your family history it will benefit you in different areas such as health issues or family traditions. Once you get older you are able to make your own decisions but you still want to respect your family and what they believed in. Most families don’t believe in same sex marriage and think that it should be kept between a man and women. From
