Kinship

... are descendants of that particular organism ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_recent_common_ancestor ). We tend to describe kinship as though it were linear, and focus strictly on patrilineal or matrilineal lines (because we want to establish things like surname-taking, inheritance, ...

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... filled with something I had almost forgotten about ---- HOPE! Yes, I have read every single post from the beginning up to now, and I feel such a kinship and closeness with you people. Even if we never find a cure, just being able to talk to other people like myself, who understand the nightmare, ...

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... extremely sensitive subject but as I suffer from gout and have crystals around certain parts of my extremities, feet and so on, I felt a bit of a kinship and wanted to share my idea. I was in contact with a scientific organization which studies these things and she wrote me back they had considered ...

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