In sociology, the family denotes a “group of people affiliated by a common ancestry, affinity or co-residence.” Although the concept of consanguinity originally referred to relations by blood, anthropologists have argued that one must understand the idea of blood metaphorically, adding that many
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ANNE AGBAJE
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