Kindred Project Essay

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For my Kindred Project I used a male consenting consultant. He is about 20 years old. For the interview we met at his house, because it would be easier since he had photos, and videos there of his family. The interview started with me asking several questions regarding his family size, etc. I asked my consenting consultant whether or not he would allow me to tape the interview, but he said he would rather not be taped. The interview went rather smoothly, and I felt like I got the information I needed in order to create and analyze a Kindred diagram. Some of the problems that I came across was that for the father’s side of the family there was confusion on how many off-spring came from the grandfather (consultant informed me that they’re are…show more content…
The ego explained that the reason for his resentment was that adultery is looked down upon greatly in his culture, and it is something to be ashamed of. Also the status of the grandfather is unknown, because he went missing as a prisoner during a war. I was not sure whether or not to put the grandfather as deceased; my consenting consultant seemed hesitant and sensitive to the topic. The ego’s father side of the family was relatively small and simple besides the half sibling situation and the grandfather situation. I was shown many photographs of the father’s side of the family and it was truly fascinating hearing the stories behind his family and culture. There was not many offspring from the grandfather due to him disappearing at a young age. Therefore there were only four offspring in total from the grandparents of the dad’s side. The ego’s mother’s side of the family was extremely large, and the ego informed me that there would be many twists and such in that side of the family. For the ego’s mother side of the family there were five females, and four males that were offspring of the grandparents of the

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