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What are affines?

What are affines? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of affine
  2. Two or more in-laws; parents-in-law, siblings-in-law, and other relatives by marriage; may refer to groups related to one another by marriage.
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That group includes affines, based upon the theological idea that as husband and wife were one, marriage to a sister-in-law was as incestuous as marriage to a sister.
They were sisters, mothers, daughters, affines, rather than simply women in groups.
In addition to kins and affines, almost all the villagers are invited to join in.
It is not clear on what basis the names were chosen, but a systematic anthroponymous linkage across generations and between affines seemed likely.

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